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December 23, 2005
Pakistan: Muslim Seminaries To Be Less Controlled Under New Law
The Italian news agency AKI or ADN Kronos International reports that an agreement has been reached between the Pakistan government and leaders of the five main chains of madrassas, regarding the registering of madrassas, or Muslim seminaries.
The government had previously set a deadline of December 31, by which time all madrassas had to be registered. This has now been withdrawn in a government proposal, which requires the seminaries to submit performance reports on academic issues alone, while their financial audits can be made by any auditor, with copies of these submitted to the registrar.
This law will need to approved in the parliament, but it was announced after a two and a half hour meeting between five Muftis and Maulanas (one who has memorised the Koran faultlessly) the federal and religious affairs minister, Ijaz-ul Haq (pictured).
Whereas formerly madrassas were not allowed to study comparative religions, as a check against militancy and sectarianism, they are now permitted to do so. Formerly madrassas with more than one campus had to register each building separately, but that is now abandoned.
Ijaz-ul Haq stated that he would table the new proposals before parliament and the four national assemblies promptly.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at December 23, 2005 9:03 PM
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