Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Combining modern and madrasa education

“Is it possible to combine modern and madrasa education together?”Asked by محمد احب, دلی

He answers at 1:37:04 in Present Day Muslims · 1 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:37:04
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai, Muhammad Ahbab sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: Maulana, kya Modern aur madaris Education ko ek sath dena mumkin hai? is ke bare mein bataiye. to main ne arz kiya na ke mumkin nahi hai. yeh bohat zyada hai, is ka main tajruba kar chuka hoon. ab is ki tafseel yahan batane ki zarurat nahi hai. lekin ek ek ek maqola hai ke "Party is art of the possible." . to yeh sirf Party ki baat nahi hai, har mamle mein. madaris ko Modernize karne ka jo mamla hai, woh bilkul hi Impossible hai.
1:37:43
kisi kamre mein computer rakh diya aap ne, koi bachcha computer type kar raha hai, yeh Modernization nahi hai. Modernization is se bohat aage ki cheez hai. aaj kal yeh hai ke kya madaris mein log ja ke computer wagera rakh dete hain? kehte hain ke dekho, hamara jadeed taleem bhi ho rahi hai. is ka naam jadeed taleem nahi hai. log jante nahi ke jadeed taleem kis cheez ka naam hai. to madaris ko Modernize karna, yeh lafz bilkul hi main ise yani samajhta hoon ke qabil amal nahi hai. yeh hargiz Practicable nahi hai.
1:38:19
to kyun hum is mein, hum jo Practicable na ho, hum kyun wahan takrayen ja kar ke? aap wahan kaam kijiye jahan ke jahan ke aap yani kuch karne ki Position mein hain. to secular Education mein aap karne ki Position mein hain, wahan kaam kijiye. madaris ko chhod dijiye un ke haal par, kuch nahi kar sakte aap. main bohat is mein tajruba kar chuka hoon. Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai, Shah Imran Hasan sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: Maulana sahib, aap ne apni kitab "Tabeer ki Ghalati" mein ek bare aalim se Correspondence kiya.
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