There is a long standing conviction among the conservative Muslim circle that Madrassa education is holy and essential to continue Islamic teachings. This belief in the Madrassa education was never shared by the majority in the Islamic communities around the world. The reality is that most of the Muslim children go for modern education avoiding institutional religious learning. But the demons created in the Madrassas around the world harvest on the fear factor which is the main pillar of Islam. To be frank Madrassa education is there to produce some most reactionary minds ready to challenge the changing times and modern enlightenments. It's a wrong perception that Islam should stand alone as a religion and should still continue to claim that it's a complete code of life. A philosophical basis of life does not depend on any faiths specific preaching's. This wrong historical fallacy is the only curricula that are being taught in the Madrassas and a perpetual platform for conflict is created. The notion of a supreme fear which was used by Prophet Mohammad to discipline the pagan Arabs of Mecca has travelled to these days which still dominate the general Muslim psyche. The evil of fear can't be accepted to guide a person's life in his search for goodness. It's tantamount to serving Satan in the name of religion. There is an unbearable and deafening silence among the Muslims to confront the evil of religious extremism is self destructive. In a sleepy
Akbar Hussain
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