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There are about 2,500 madrasas under private administration in the state. In a meeting held by DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, state director of higher education Mamata Hojai and representatives of five private madrasa education boards on Wednesday, it was decided that before engaging any teacher from outside the state, the madrasas they must seek the police for personal confirmation and that the distance between two madrasas will be three kilometers. Also, each madrasah must have at least 100 students. These private boards have to upload the details of the madrasas affiliated to them by December 1.
Mahanta said on Thursday that measures have been taken by media persons to prevent extremism in madrassas. “In the city of Assam, when Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) was defeated in some parts, we found out that they tried to radicalize the madrasas, we looked at the famous madrasas of their culture. We asked the Islamic scholars for their opinion, and we gave them suggestions such as opening a committee and asking the police to identify the teachers.
He added, “On Wednesday we met again when it was decided that the Department of Education should start a website. We sat down with the education department. Our job is to look only at security issues from the police. We have given posters to private madrasas to follow. Also to keep the guide book and also to give details about the description of the land. If anyone fails to comply, then legal action will be taken against the board. There is no question that madrassas should be allowed to propagate Jihad”.
The five private education boards are All Assam Tanzim Madaris Qaumiya, All Assam Talimi Tarakkee Board, All Hafis (Salafi) Education Board, Adara Madaris Islamia and All Assam Ahle Sunat Madrasa.
An Assam police spokesman said, “It has been made clear that no ‘jihadi’ can be allowed to take shelter in any madrasa in the state under the guise of religious teachers.”
The police have arrested 84 ‘jihadists’ in the region since 2016, 10 of whom were found to be affiliated with madrassas. Two men from Bangladesh, who were involved in a madrasa in Goalpara district, are absconding.
In September, the provincial government destroyed three schools in three districts.
Rafiqul Islam General Secretary of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) said, “We will cooperate but Madrassas have been targeted. Due to recent incidents, people connected to madrassas have become more vigilant than before. It is not that nothing Controversy arises and everyone cooperates. There is no curriculum in madrasas that talks about extremism but only a few times it talks about war like any other text. People in madrasas are open hearted, more than 95% they are attached to Deoband. The people of Deoband have sacrificed to make India independent, but this is also true that the Madrassas have been targeted.”
Earlier, the regional government converted nearly 400 regional madrasas into normal schools.
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