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**Rx-Ultram** · 11-21-2011, 12:03 PM

And why is that Maripat?. Why our own people turned against us ?.Why the 'cream' of the society has developed such hatred against 'Mullla'?.( I don,t like this term,as it is not use
d with respect by our modren class,otherwise in itself mulla and molvi are honourable words.).Is it the remnants of our imperial past?.Is it something to do with the secarianism and infighting of our religious class?. Is it because of the lack of knowledge of mulla or lack of character? Or simply because they are poor economically and the leftover of our society goes to Madrasa,s?
Mostly though,i think,that the school educated considers the madrasa educated much inferior to themself.The reasons might be many,including some or all of the factors mentioned above plus more.This question needs to be addressed seriously,we need to bridge the gape between these two classes,or the results may not be good for the Umma.

You have raised very relevant points brother Fani. Personally I agree with nearly all of them. I'd like to add one more point. Our traditional (clergy based) education system has ignored modern education and has mostly disregarded and devalued it. Just a few months back I read this statement in the editorial of a Urdu monthly from a well known madarsa that science is over valued and is not necessary for changing the condition of Muslims. The editor substantiated his stand by observing that Muslims in Spain were scientific leaders of the world but that did not protect them from the doom of Reconquista. You can see what a long ditch one has to cover to communicate to the people on that side. Similarly from our side, the side of the modern educated, the attitude is not less devastating and the BBC report that irked me is symptomatic of that attitude. I keep mulling over this Two Culture gap in this blog. (Also present in my signature below. Kindly spare few minutes to get the drift of my posts.) (Incidentally in the sixties of last century there very influential book by CP Snow about Two Cultures and the gap between them. He was talking about the academic cultures of Humanities and Science. To some extant these two cultures have not still amalgamated while we Muslims have another equally disparate set of Two Cultures.)

Finally I'll request you also to start at least a blog to air views about this problem. This is the least we can do. I keep pestering other brothers also about starting blogs in the related field.

Wassalam

11-21-2011, 12:03 PM	#9
Rx-Ultram Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	And why is that Maripat?. Why our own people turned against us ?.Why the 'cream' of the society has developed such hatred against 'Mullla'?.( I don,t like this term,as it is not use d with respect by our modren class,otherwise in itself mulla and molvi are honourable words.).Is it the remnants of our imperial past?.Is it something to do with the secarianism and infighting of our religious class?. Is it because of the lack of knowledge of mulla or lack of character? Or simply because they are poor economically and the leftover of our society goes to Madrasa,s? Mostly though,i think,that the school educated considers the madrasa educated much inferior to themself.The reasons might be many,including some or all of the factors mentioned above plus more.This question needs to be addressed seriously,we need to bridge the gape between these two classes,or the results may not be good for the Umma. You have raised very relevant points brother Fani. Personally I agree with nearly all of them. I'd like to add one more point. Our traditional (clergy based) education system has ignored modern education and has mostly disregarded and devalued it. Just a few months back I read this statement in the editorial of a Urdu monthly from a well known madarsa that science is over valued and is not necessary for changing the condition of Muslims. The editor substantiated his stand by observing that Muslims in Spain were scientific leaders of the world but that did not protect them from the doom of Reconquista. You can see what a long ditch one has to cover to communicate to the people on that side. Similarly from our side, the side of the modern educated, the attitude is not less devastating and the BBC report that irked me is symptomatic of that attitude. I keep mulling over this Two Culture gap in this blog. (Also present in my signature below. Kindly spare few minutes to get the drift of my posts.) (Incidentally in the sixties of last century there very influential book by CP Snow about Two Cultures and the gap between them. He was talking about the academic cultures of Humanities and Science. To some extant these two cultures have not still amalgamated while we Muslims have another equally disparate set of Two Cultures.) Finally I'll request you also to start at least a blog to air views about this problem. This is the least we can do. I keep pestering other brothers also about starting blogs in the related field. Wassalam
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