Asking madrasas to teach students about patriotic Muslim personalities, senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Sunday said madrasa students should be taught to love the country by exposing them to the lif
Asking madrasas to teach students about patriotic Muslim personalities, senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Sunday said madrasa students should be taught to love the country by exposing them to the life stories of people like Bahadur Shah Zafar.
“They (children) should be given proper basic training. Children should be taught to love this country, exposed to the life stories of people like Bahadur Shah Zafar. It is required now. Hence, I will appeal the maulanas, imams and maulvis to come forward... They (maulvis) should make teachings like loving your nation a part of the training so that when a child gets out of a madrasa he or she is patriotic, nationalist and also one understanding Islam,” the RSS leader said. Mr Kumar is also the patron of Muslim Rashtriya Manch.
The leader said “radical” elements should start thinking over the issue from humanitarian and developmental angles as such teaching “is required now”. “It is the requirement of today and it should be fulfilled. This should be done amicably, not through conflicts. Madrasas should contribute to spreading awareness of nationality among children,” he added.
Mr Kumar said the issue should not be politicised but looked at from the points of view of development and harmony. He also urged the BJP-led NDA government to strengthen the Madrasa Education Board.
