By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Muslim Students Organization of India (MSO) has demanded the Central Government to include Sufism in syllabus to promote Sufism-based teachings at schools and colleges. The group has also demanded setting up of a Central minority university — Hazrat Khawaja Gharib Nawaz University — in Ajmer, city of the Sufi Saint’s shrine.
A delegation of MSO met Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal here on 6th March and presented a Memorandum consisting of various demands.
“Government should promote the Peaceful Ideology of Islam i.e. Sufism for the establishment of Communal Harmony and Brotherhood in the country,” the MSO said. “For promotion of morality, values and brotherhood among the students, the CBSE and ICSE syllabus books should contain chapters on Sufism and Sufi preachers,” the group said.
It also demanded a university in the name of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer and a chair on his name at Aligarh Muslim University and another in the name of another Sufi Saint Hazrat Nizamuddin at Jamia Millia Islamia for research and promotion of their Sufi teachings.
“A Central Minority University in the name of Hazrat Khawaja Gharib Nawaz University should be established as early as possible in and around Ajmer Sharif. Hazrat Khawaja Gharib Nawaz Chair and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Chair for the research and promotion of their sufi teachings should be established in Aligarh Muslim University and in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, respectively,” the MSO demanded.
The MSO memorandum had some other demands also:
*The benefit of P.M’s 15-Pint Programme is not reaching the minority community properly. The govt. must check and monitor the corruption in these schemes, specially the Minority Scholarship schemes must be distributed directly in the account of students.
*There are several complaints regarding harassment of Naqab (veil) wearing girls students and male students having beard only on religious grounds by the criminal groups and in some cases even by the college administration. Kindly take action to stop this discrimination in educational institutes.
*Reservation for the Muslim community in educational Institutions must be given in accordance with the Ranganath Mishra Commission Report.
*The ministry should establish Imam Training Centers to teach them all basic subjects with computers. MSO with its other parent organizations like Raza Academy and All India Ulema Mashaikh Board is ready to cooperate with the ministry in this project.
*Jamia Ashrafia Mubarakpur Azamgarh, the highest seat of Islamic learning of Indian Sufi Muslims has been removed from the list of recognized Madarsas by Jawaharlal Nehru University administration without any justification. This recognition should be granted and the govt. should establish a Central Board or Central committee to affiliate Madarsas that wish to be recognized by the Government Universities.