Challenges Facing Islam and the Muslim Ummah Columnist Col (Retd) GHULAM SARWAR discusses the difficulties facing Muslims in today’s world It is a fact‚ universally acknowledged that current world crises have assumed alarming proportions‚ leaving everybody in a state of utter awe and fear. The US and its trusted ally‚ Britain‚ are seen hell-bent on ensuring world domination through means fair or foul. Yesterday‚ Sudan and Afghanistan were brutally targeted. Today it is Iraq‚ which is the victim of
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Muslim Migrants in south india a study on malabar The historically misapprehended culturally differenced ‘Mappila’ Muslims of Kerala are a little known community in Indian subcontinent‚ though ‘Malabari’ is more familiar in the Islamic world. The coast of ‘Malabar’ has the first place to host Islam in the country. Since the dawn of Islam in Arabia in the 7th century A.D‚ the believers carried on the proselytization and the promulgation of the religion along with their maritime activities in different
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On Literacy amongst Muslims - * 25 per cent of Muslim children in the 6-14 year age group have either never attended school or have dropped out. * Drop out rates among Muslims are higher at the level of primary‚ middle and higher secondary. * The Committee observed that since artisanship is a dominant activity among Muslims technical training should be provided to even those who may not have completed schooling. * In premier colleges only one out of 25 under-graduate students
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SOME ASPECTS OF THE MUSLIM EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN PRE-COLONIAL INDIA by Aamir Bashir ABSTRACT This paper explores some of the hitherto less known aspects of the Muslim Educational System in pre-colonial India. It examines the broad contours of this system by looking at the public attitude towards knowledge‚ scholars and students; the various types of institutions‚ and the evolution of curriculum. It also looks at the depth of Indian scholars’ engagement with ÍadÊth and other sciences. Finally
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Movement for the revival and regeneration of the Muslims of Sub-Continent. A: Syed Ahmad Khan’s Aligarh Movement played a significant role in bringing about an intellectual revolution among the Indian Muslims. Thus it succeeded in achieving its major objectives‚ i.e. educational progress and social reform. His efforts earned Sir Syed the title "Prophet of Education". Aligarh Movement was the movement led by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan‚ to educate the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent after the defeat of
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Lecture 5 Pak301 MAJOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1857-1918 The year 1857 brought decline to the Muslim rule in India. Muslims and Hindus participated in the War of Independence but the British held only Muslims responsible for the rebellion. The Muslims were persecuted ruthlessly and left at the mercy of time. The post war era was disastrous for the Muslims but some personalities emerged on the national scene and played excellent role to guide their people in this critical situation. The Central
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Ever wonder how algebra developed? Well algebra is Arabic! It is used for mathematical terms throughout the world. The three most important Muslim innovations would be math‚ medicine‚ and astronomy. Why? Well without mathematics‚ we’d still be using roman numerals! Astronomy helps us focus on outside of our own world. Medicine helps us everyday‚ with sick people. Medicine may not cure us‚ but it may help people throughout the day. Some may say mathematics aren’t all that important. There are actually
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Pattern of Muslim and Hindu Population in Murshidabad District‚ West Bengal.Abstract :Education is the basic empowerment tools of the society. Infrastructural development of the schools and Madrasah are getting maximum priority under the financial assistance from different schemes. But the quality of education in the different Govt. aidded schools are degraded and on the other hand Private schools and Private tution are getting priority in the society. As a result Murshidabad District‚ a Muslim affected
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There are many schools in Colombo which have been ear-marked for closure due to lack of students. My fervent appeal to you is please hand over these to us‚ help us to ease the severe shortage of schools that we face. Sir you can see what we have done here for the last six years but sad to say some without helping us and diverting their energies to solve the
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Topic: What is the significance of the Aligarh movement for the revival o the Muslims of the subcontinent and why Sir Syed Ahmed Khan advised the Muslims to avoid active politics. To understand the significance of the Aligarh movement let us have a glance at the background of the Aligarh Movement Background: Indian authority was shifted from the Muslim to the British hands‚ as a result of the failure of the War of independence. This great debacle shook the entire structure of South Asia’s
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