A two-day (December 16-17) “Education Expo 2023” was recently organised at Aurangabad by India Islamic Academy, Deoband and Islamic Research Centre Education & Welfare Trust. Several scholars, academicians and a select group of people participated in the conference.
Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahim Mujaddidi, Fgeneral secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), has stressed the need to modernise education system in madrassas, in his presidential address at the event in Aurangabad, Maulana Mujjadadidi, who is also rector of the prestigious Jaipur-based Islamic seminary Jamea Tul Hidaya, appealed to the Ulema of madrassas to understand the requirements of the present era and pay attention to the modern intellectual growth with transformation of Islam and contemporary thoughts.
Maulana Mujaddidi added intellectual and educational workshops and fairs are necessary and should be organised in different places, through this the people should encourage to understand the demands and ideological invasion of the modern age and prepare themselves to compete with it.
The first lecture of the second session was presented by the country’s legal expert Advocate Fawwaz Shaheen under the title “Religious Institutions and Legal Matters”. He shed detailed light on the methods of documentation of cases of oppression and violence and gave satisfactory replies to the questions put up by the audience.
Thereafter, the second lecture entitled “Ideological Invasion and Responsibilities of Scholars” was presented by Maulana Mehdi Hasan Aini Qasmi, Director of India Islamic Academy, Deoband, in which he discussed the prevailing ideologies at the international level such as liberalism, secularism, capitalism, Orientalism, colonialism, internationalism, globalisation, humanism, feminism, atheism and agnosticism by giving a detailed introduction and highlighted the tasks to be done.
Maulana Aini also gave a detailed talk on the prevailing ideas in India such as Shudhikaran, home-coming, Hindutva, nationalism, patriotism and discussed burning issues like jihad, saffron trap, apostasy and assimilation.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board Secretary Maulana Mohammed Umrain Mahfooz Rahmani, proposed a vote of thanks. “There is a dire need to update the minds of the scholars and the youth to work continuously on intellectual topics,” he said.
The workshop proceedings were conducted by Maulana Marghubur Rahman Tayyab Qasmi, Deputy Director of India Islamic Academy, Deoband. In addition to Aurangabad and Marathwada, selected scholars from Maharashtra and Telangana also participated in the workshop, According to the press Statement issued by the organisers.
