Why Pakistan needs to reform and regulate its madrassas Madrassa registration is not just a policy debate; it is a step toward a more progressive and inclusive Pakistan By ensuring accountability, modernizing the curriculum, protecting the rights of teachers and students, and fostering national unity, registering madarrassahs can transform these institutions into powerful agents of positive change
Why Pakistan needs to reform and regulate its madrassas Many critics argue that madrassas are breeding grounds for extremism While there are undoubtedly instances of some seminaries being linked to extremist ideologies, it is essential to recognize that the vast majority of mudarrassahs are not involved in such activities However, the lack of regulation leaves these institutions vulnerable to misuse
Checking anti-India activity in Assam and Northeast India Of the twelve suspected jihadis, the police arrested a madrassa teacher, Mufti Mustafa, and local trader Ashraful Apart from the arrest, the Jamiul madrassa was sealed and four teachers of the Banat madrassa were detained for questions about their affiliations
Pakistans Afghanistan aspirations: From strategic depth to strategic . . . Given this situation, Pakistan has not only failed to secure strategic depth in Afghanistan but has instead found itself trapped in a strategic dilemma The Taliban have not cooperated with Pakistan in neutralizing the TTP and have consistently denied the TTP’s presence in Afghanistan, despite evidence indicating the group’s activity in the border areas between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Politics of polarization and attacks on syncretic traditions India’s cultural and religious richness lies in its diversity Many poets and writers have given a beautiful picture of different caravans coming here, interacting and creating a lovely bouquet of our cultural interactions The peak of this was during freedom movement when people from diverse
RSS leaders outreach to Muslims: Reconciliation or cooption? Today the international image of India, courtesy the RSS-BJP, is a Hindu supremacist one where minorities are insecure, where identity issues are getting precedence over the issues of livelihood RSS is the fountainhead of this politics; it needs introspection if it is serious about the process of dialogue and reconciliation
Pakistans Chinese bugbear: Growing attacks pose a new security . . . The ones in Islamabad earned the ire of the clergy running Lal Masjid complex the capital city in 2007 Allegations that these parlours doubled as brothels led to attacks on them and the kidnapping of some Chinese by students of clergy running the Masjid and the adjacent Jamia Hafsa madrassa The CPEC factor
Islamists pose a challenge to Bangladeshs secularism The agitation, hot on the heels of the countrywide anti-France protest rallies by Hifazat-e-Islam, an Islamist advocacy group of madrassa teachers and students, points to a renewed Islamist push to pressurize the ruling Awani League to concede demands like a blasphemy law that Bangladesh does not have
Islamic States expanding footprints pose grave security threat to . . . Islamic State's expanding footprints pose grave security threat to Pakistan and South Asia While Pakistan continues to blame India for the bombings in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it fails to introspect on its own internal crisis stemming from its policies against its citizens and the military political support being given to certain radical outfits or groups