--- Rama Bargawa Swandana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: "Tigran Petrosian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:24 pm
> Subject: Madrassas: knowledge or the 'shade of
> swords'? - A comment
>
>
> ADVERTISEMENT
>
>
> A cross-posting. Petrosian
>
> =====
>
> Holy Uncle,
> Notwithstanding with our disagreement on what
> terrorism is all about
> and how to combat it, I found the article you
> forwarded quite
> refreshing (see the link below).
>
> QUOTE:
>
> "However, a significant minority [of madrassas] acts
> as recruiting
> centers for violent radicals who not only reject the
> West but also
> seek to attack it by whatever means possible."
>
> PETROSIAN:
> What the author means is although the number of
> madrassas being used
> as recruiting centers for terrorism is small, its
> effect is
> significant. Agree. As we have seen, 10 people were
> enough to blow up
> two gigantic towers and 3000 lives. So, it is at the
> hand of good
> Muslims to take care of this problem rather than
> forcing the West to
> do it for them which will obviously create a
> backlash.
>
> QUOTE again:
>
> "The Muslim world needs to be encouraged to embrace
> modern education
> and undertake ijtihad (mental exertion to find
> solutions to problems)
> on its own. Proposals such as adding the learning of
> science and
> mathematics to the theology of conformity taught at
> traditional
> madrassas are hardly solutions to the Muslim world's
> knowledge
> deficit."
>
> PETROSIAN:
> Agree. The Muslim friends, in my view, have to
> redefine or reform the
> meaning of "jihad" so as to minimize the bad
> consequence of polarized
> meaning while at the same time reform the madrassas
> by transforming
> them into modern schools. I do believe that some
> madrassas in
> Indonesia have done so, but there are still a
> significant number of
> them which are left behind and become an easy target
> for the radicals
> to spread their intolerant and suicidal view.
>
> Hopefully, through a self-criticism and internal
> reform, we could
> build a better world which values life, liberty and
> the pursuit of
> happiness for everyone, irrespective of one's
> background.
>
> Regards,
>
> Petrosian
>
>
>
http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_6718.shtml
>
> Madrassas: knowledge or the 'shade of swords'?
> By Husain Haqqani
> Apr 21, 2004, 12:31
>
>
>
=====
Mario Gagho
Political Science,
Agra University, India
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