what do you think about this??

[M_Saint]

Clearly u have a lacking in understanding of how language works...and how foreign words and idioms are assimilated into languages...Almighty spoke Hebrew for a long time too....and majority of the population of the planet doesn't actually believe in the almighty you believe in....so do not just argue for arguments sake...you will just make a fool out of yourself.

U thought that the dictionary definition of Lingua Franca AKA adaptiveness or commonality of English by large masses throughout the world would have been possible without BRITS's colonialism? So, what part of my response didn't corroborate with the core message of the topic that happened to use 'Force and deception' to degrade Arabic as means of wall-writing for people to pee on it? And yes, Almighty speaking in Hebrew,Aramaaic were also spreaded through conquest along with many people now a days not believing in Almighty. Though the difference between two types of conquerers were, one didn't only pursue materialism to bankrupt eternality and the other murdered, killed, deceived to pursue material/worldly interest, thanks.

 

[kobiraaz]

Jamati or not...compulsory learning of Arabic in schools...why?? Why should I pay for it...those who want to learn religion can do it by themselves from their family...government should not be making Arabic or any other language other than Bangla and English compulsory...

Compulsory learning of Arabic is more than necessary to combat radicalism. If we could understand Quran - radical imams wouldnt be able to preach hatred.

 

[24 Hours]

U thought that the dictionary definition of Lingua Franca AKA adaptiveness or commonality of English by large masses throughout the world would have been possible without BRITS's colonialism? So, what part of my response didn't corroborate with the core message of the topic that happened to use 'Force and deception' to degrade Arabic as means of wall-writing for people to pee on it? And yes, Almighty speaking in Hebrew,Aramaaic were also spreaded through conquest along with many people now a days not believing in Almighty. Though the difference between two types of conquerers were, one didn't only pursue materialism to bankrupt eternality and the other murdered, killed, deceived to pursue material/worldly interest, thanks.

Regardless, English is spoken on a much wider scale, so it's much more pragmatic over Arabic.

 

[Anubis]

U thought that the dictionary definition of Lingua Franca AKA adaptiveness or commonality of English by large masses throughout the world would have been possible without BRITS's colonialism? So, what part of my response didn't corroborate with the core message of the topic that happened to use 'Force and deception' to degrade Arabic as means of wall-writing for people to pee on it? And yes, Almighty speaking in Hebrew,Aramaaic were also spreaded through conquest along with many people now a days not believing in Almighty. Though the difference between two types of conquerers were, one didn't only pursue materialism to bankrupt eternality and the other murdered, killed, deceived to pursue material/worldly interest, thanks.

I am not denying that the Brits spread English through force...my point is to live in the present...Currently the world speaks English...it history has become irrelevant in this specific matter....Like it or not everyone speaks it and to communicate with them we have to do the same too...Ur original post was directed towards me not the topic..u asked why we should teach english since it is not our mother tongue...I gave you the answer!

Compulsory learning of Arabic is more than necessary to combat radicalism. If we could understand Quran - radical imams wouldnt be able to preach hatred.

We could also do that by circulating widely accepted Bangla interpretations of the Quran for free...but I don't think misinterpretation is how Imam's spread radicalism...they use politics and anger more than religion...most of the radicals do not think it is their duty to kill non-muslims because god said so...most of them see it as a part of a global war...plights of Afghans.Iraqis and Palestinians are a more powerful driving force behind radicalism than misinterpretaion of the holy book....how many of the nutjobs do you think even bother reading it??

 

[Saiful Islam]

The only thing that this tells me is that most Bangladeshis are uneducated and clueless.

 

[khair_ctg]

Jamati or not...compulsory learning of Arabic in schools...why?? Why should I pay for it...those who want to learn religion can do it by themselves from their family...government should not be making Arabic or any other language other than Bangla and English compulsory...

what about Urdu and Persian? and Arabic is our religious language. why are you so allergic to it?

Because English is the Global Lingua Franca....it is necessary...if Arabic,Persian or Russian were to become the Global Lingua Franca then I would be happy to make that mandatory instead of English!

Persian is our historical official language and Arabic is our religious language. English/Russian fall in a different category.

Compulsory learning of Arabic is more than necessary to combat radicalism. If we could understand Quran - radical imams wouldnt be able to preach hatred.

learning of Arabic leads to the democratization of learning Islam, so our faith is not the domain of a small segment of people. having some grip on full Arabic (reading, writing, speaking, listening) is what's needed.

enough of narrow-minded linguistic self-hatred. this nonsense of "only Bangla and English" needs to end and people need to respect the history of Bangladeshis.

our society is so uneducated people like SHK find it hard to fathom being bilingual and multilingual, whereas it's a norm when we look at our forefathers and a norm even in our neighbour countries today. as we get more educated, i hope this narrow-mindedness decreases.

 

[24 Hours]

our society is so uneducated people like SHK find it hard to fathom being bilingual and multilingual, whereas it's a norm when we look at our forefathers and a norm even in our neighbour countries today. as we get more educated, i hope this narrow-mindedness decreases.

I don't recall finding it hard to fathom. I just stated that it's better off English is given priority over Arabic since it is more spoken and it would be more pragmatic. No where did I say it is bad to learn Arabic at all. Perhaps it is you who are uneducated coming up with this nonsense against me.

 

[chaanmia]

Compulsory learning of Arabic is more than necessary to combat radicalism. If we could understand Quran - radical imams wouldnt be able to preach hatred.

IS understands arabic and it's not helping

 

[kobiraaz]

IS understands arabic and it's not helping

I thought most of their fighters came from Europe.

 

[chaanmia]

I thought most of their fighters came from Europe.

Only handful of them

 

[Saiful Islam]

what about Urdu and Persian? and Arabic is our religious language. why are you so allergic to it?


Persian is our historical official language and Arabic is our religious language. English/Russian fall in a different category.


learning of Arabic leads to the democratization of learning Islam, so our faith is not the domain of a small segment of people. having some grip on full Arabic (reading, writing, speaking, listening) is what's needed.

enough of narrow-minded linguistic self-hatred. this nonsense of "only Bangla and English" needs to end and people need to respect the history of Bangladeshis.

our society is so uneducated people like SHK find it hard to fathom being bilingual and multilingual, whereas it's a norm when we look at our forefathers and a norm even in our neighbour countries today. as we get more educated, i hope this narrow-mindedness decreases.

I agree brother. Persian is to us what French is to the Algerians, or maybe Italian to the Libyans.

 

[khair_ctg]

I agree brother. Persian is to us what French is to the Algerians, or maybe Italian to the Libyans.

i'm sorry i disagree. French is a colonial language in Algeria. but Persian is a high culture language and historical official language to Bangladeshis.

I thought most of their fighters came from Europe.

@chaanmia we should not speak any language because a native speaking population of any language may have done something bad. Arabic is our religious language. it is not about using it as a means to some benefit. that said, there are many benefits of Arabic language in today's world and in Bangladesh's societal context. but that is not the point. if Bangladeshis were the only Muslim people in the world and Arabic was the language of Quran and our last Prophet (s), Arabic was supposed to be as relevant to us.

 

[riasat]

Why learn arabic?? whats the point?
You can learn newtons laws without ever understanding english....
If someone wants to research or wants to be a scholar of Quran, than may be Arabic is nesessary for that person, but not for the rest of us.

Also this whole craze in Madrassas about making small boys memorise Quran is absolute non-sense. Quran is meant to be understood and followed. Memorisation was encouraged during the early days of Islam since there was a fear that the non believer might destroy every Quran there is and Muslims should not never let that happen, so they wanted to store the text inside the brain. In modern digital age, that is impossible. Kids should learn all subjects, play outside and choose his own path. Not waste time in a futile exercise.

 

[Anubis]

what about Urdu and Persian? and Arabic is our religious language. why are you so allergic to it?


Persian is our historical official language and Arabic is our religious language. English/Russian fall in a different category.


learning of Arabic leads to the democratization of learning Islam, so our faith is not the domain of a small segment of people. having some grip on full Arabic (reading, writing, speaking, listening) is what's needed.

enough of narrow-minded linguistic self-hatred. this nonsense of "only Bangla and English" needs to end and people need to respect the history of Bangladeshis.

our society is so uneducated people like SHK find it hard to fathom being bilingual and multilingual, whereas it's a norm when we look at our forefathers and a norm even in our neighbour countries today. as we get more educated, i hope this narrow-mindedness decreases.

Well I "believe" I have mongoloid blood...I want Mongolian to be taught in Primary schools because that is my ancestor's "Official Language"...and your kids have to learn it....Arabic is "your" religious language not everyone's.....What about Urdu?? just another foreign foreign language like Swahili...irrelevant to me,my country or my people.

 

[Saiful Islam]

Well I "believe" I have mongoloid blood...I want Mongolian to be taught in Primary schools because that is my ancestor's "Official Language"...and your kids have to learn it....Arabic is "your" religious language not everyone's.....What about Urdu?? just another foreign foreign language like Swahili...irrelevant to me,my country or my people.

Don't be stupid.