Importance Of Madrassas

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Madrassas are institutions of higher Islamic education which first originated in the medieval period. Madrassa has existed in Assam for centuries and has played a vital role in shaping the spiritual thought of the Muslims in Assam. And further it has also succeeded in providing education of various factors such as social, psychological, economical, political, etc. The term “Madarsah” is derived from an Arabic word “Dars” which means “a lecture or a lesson”. Eminent scholars or learned teachers conducted their teaching works in different subjects through lectures. Besides acquiring religious education the students learned various subjects like Arabic, Philosophy, Law, History, Medicine, Arithmetic, etc. But, in Madrassa, the …show more content…

Section of Ulema and politicians belonging to the community also view the move as government intervention that will dilute the essentially theological nature of the Madrassa. Again, the administrators of Madrassa think that through modernisation and accepting the government grants their autonomy will be finished because, “Right from their inception in medieval period, all big and small Madrassas have enjoyed full autonomy in all aspects of their functioning. They have been independent in framing their own curricula, using their own modes of teaching and training and examining their students internally in their own ways. Even in the medieval period when many of them received grants and endowments from the rulers and nobles they were never brought under the control of a common regulating or examining body.” (Siddiqui, M.Akhtar, …show more content…

2009) He also views “A Madrassa means Islamic school. Universities like Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia recognize Madrassa certificates. Then, what is the need for such modernization programmes?” (Singh, Pallavi.

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