The Education & Training of Modern Generation of the Muslim

CONTENTS

• Aims Of Education

• Special dist inctions of Ali Garh College

• Dominance of western ideas

• Change of views

• Education dif ferentiat ion between Hindus and Muslims

• Followers of ancient scholars

AIMS OF EDUCATION

• While init iating a new policy, a dil igent off icer of the civi l services, known as “Will iam Hunter” view the problems of Muslims in detail, he advised the government in this connection regarding the education of Muslims:

• We should educate Muslim boys and gir ls according to our methodology. Give freedom to obey the religion. we intercept their religion and make some of laws which dodge them away from the education of their religion. the next generations of Muslims wil l also follow and adopt the path paving on which the Hindus have becoming l iberal minded today.

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• In previous they were the most extreme and prejudiced nation. Tolerance means they wil l not remain extreme and bigots as l ike their elders, this tolerance wil l give relief them from their ruthless crimes and activit ies as they did in past in the name of religion.

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• Accepting the aforementioned recommendations, Lord Meu, the viceroy of India, amended the previous educational policy in 1871. Muslims allowed to open the their own separate schools and colleges. By this relaxation Sir Sayed Ahmad Khan founded a most modern college in the Ali Garh in 1875. in 1922 this college was transformed into a most famous university. It is the famous university who plays a vital role in grooming mind and building characters of the Muslims of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The modern generations of the above mentioned countries are the outcomes of that colleges.

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• The aim of English government behind the foundation of that college was that in words of Will iams Hunter.

• Create weakness and slackness in the devotion and commands of their religion. Furthermore, they were not remain biggot as l ike their elders.

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• However and what ever the services of the Ali Garh College and other Islamic colleges. But the educated students of these colleges groomed and educate Islamic education. In the same manner as the “Wil l iam Hunter” predicted. The association with Islam, in these institut ions, was mere verbal expression. This was the Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, who row the seeds of hypocrisy and double standards in Ali Garh.

Continue…* Sir Syed, himself did not l ike the religious

education as whole and he also clearly told to the curriculum committee regarding that.

* But the quantity of Islamic l i terature is accumulated moderately in the curriculum which does not affect the English education.

• Sir syed also had some polit ical and cultural motives in his mind along with religious motives. He expressed his polit ical views in such a way:

• “We have to make the Muslims of India enough capable and useful for the English state (government).”

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• In inaugural ceremony of student union club on August 26, 1884, Sir Syed had expressed his polit ical motives in detail in these words: “ if you people (spectators) wish that a quality education thrive among us, the best strategy (policy) this that you should accumulate (combine) the crescent and cross. Some Indian and English fr iends think that i t is impossible. But in my personal opinion a day wil l come when both combines.

• (Tareekh Madrasatul Olorn Ali Gurh, By: Syed Ift ikhar Alim Marharut, pg. 125).

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• Crescent means the ‘f irst day moon and the cross means saleeb’, these are specif ic symbols of two religions (Islam and Christianity)

• In f irst clause Sir Syed wishes to make Muslims a useful tool for the English Government but he made heroic in the 2nd sentence by expressing that he intends to prepare a new accumulated syrup (amalgam) of Islam and Christianity. Every scholar can feel the heat and seriousness of the outcomes of that step.

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acquisit ion of the western education in there words:

• The real aims of this college is that it may promote such European sciences and l i terature an among the Muslims in general and special ly among the well known and reputed Muslim famil ies and produced a sect which may be a Muslim regarding religion and an Indian regarding blood and color but an English regarding view, taste and intellect.

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• (Addresses and speeched concerning Muhamamdan Angle Oriental College Ali Garh, taken from Ibtida-e-Foundation Lughat, complied by: Mohsinnual Malik, p. 2)

• Nawab Abdul Latif Khan, the president of Mohammedan l i teracy society Kolkatta, founded in 1862 for some kind of purpose as mentioned above. He defines the goals f that society:

• To persuade the youth of the upper class families towards the acquiring of English education. To make them liberal, tolerate enlightened and to loyal to the English government”.

Special distinctions of Ali Garh College:

• This college was inaugurated on May24, 1875, the holyday of precious birthday of Queen Victoria.

• The College was named as Angle Muhammad Oriental College in English and “Madrassatul Uloom” in Urdu.

• While returning from Qaiseri court Delhi, Lord Liton, the viceroy of India, laid the foundation of this college in 18th January 1877.

• The building of Ali Garh College was the prototype of Cambridge university.

• College monogram included crescent and date and as well as crown. Crown not included in the monogram of any other colleges of India.

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• The crown and crescent were engraved on the doors of the hostels. So as to keep them before the eyes of students all t ime. Students get inspiration and remain loyal to the Brit ish government.

• Names of Brit ish off icers and English proverbs were carved on different places in the college.

• Majority of the teachers were English.

• It was necessary for both students and teachers to wear English dress. Bt on the other hand, Indian colleges teachers and student wear simple dress.

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• A heavy amount of Rs. 10,000 was donated (funded) by the Lord North, the viceroy of India to the college.

• Will iam Mune, Governor up, denoted Rs. 1,000 and many other Brit ish people also gave donations to this college.

• The word ‘Alaik’was coined from Ali Garh after pattern of Oxam (oxford) and contrib. (Cambridge).

• The ends of education according of the MacColay,

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• The main aims of this education was that to produce such a group of people as is Indian regarding blood and color but English regarding views, taste and morality. So the college was used properly for this purpose, it is the only college ‘Angle Mohammeden Oriental College”.

• On one hand Hindu colleges were produced a lot of staunch simple Hindus. but on the other hand Ali Garh College was producing real black brit ishers.

Dominance of western ideas

• The group of most intell igent Muslim students and nascent generations accumulated (got admission) in Ali Garh College. Mr. Back, the principal of the college, would provide jobs to almost all students by uti l iz ing his personal l inks. The door to the government jobs for the Muslims have been shut from half a century age were open wide for the students of that col lege as never before. It was a most sophisticated advertisement which attracting students from the corners of the India.

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• Under the guidance of English teachers they learned western education, western language, western att icates.

• The westernism was developed in the social circle of Indian Muslims after the foundation of Ali Garh College.

• A Hindu writer write about Hindu lovers.

• “The people had been hypnotized to believe in the cultr ivism of their foreign rulers.”

• Education in Pakistan, By: Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi.

Change of viewsAfter getting education from Ali Garh and other colleges of such kind, such a Muslim group moved forward as was absolutely different to his elders in views and actions they were brought up according to the framework designed by the Brit ishers.

• Their general characteristics as under:

• They declare Islam and Muslim history as a national heritage. But in practical l i fe they always give importance to the western thoughts indispensable.

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• Despite having posit ive views, they shirk to follow the Islamic shariah.

• They consider preliminary affairs of religion sufficient. they do not believe in acquiring knowledge from the religious scholars so their religious information is absolutely superficial (Mauj-e-Kausar, By: Sheikh Muhammad Ibram, pg: 154).

• Their aim is to acquire the designation of deputy collector in the government sector.

• They are the lovers of the material ism and appearance, devoid of religious knowledge.

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• The loyalty of the ruler at all cost was their principal of l i fe.

• The believe in the Christian concept of discrimination between the region and the world. It is a lesson taught by the principal Thaword Book.

• They accepted the western concept of being a nation on the basis of a country.

• This el ite group was the strong protector the Muslims in the field of polit ics and economics.

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• They know the tr icks of both Hindu and brit ishers comparatively well.

• During the 70 years, guidance of Dareel Uloom Ali Garh, not a single movement for the revival of religion and social reform surged among the Muslims.

Education differentiation between Hindus and Muslims• For training and education of the

modern generation, the English government introduced their fundamental principal of division. Where they gave education of western arts and skil ls to Hindus. They also made them feel proud on their rel igion and nation and their culture.

British teachers

• Brit ish teachers were the lover of the Hindu culture. They made schools and colleges familiar to Hindu culture. In school and college teachers and students wear simple dress. The tradit ional way of l iving of Hindus was not altered. While on other hand they give modern education to Muslims and try to weakened the in their Islamic education and commands. In al i garh college every students and teacher wear typical western dress. Due to western culture and education, educated Muslims cut away from their social circle. They are not able to adjust in the Muslim society.

Followers of ancient scholars

• In Al i Garh College, the modern generations of Muslims were trained according to the plans of Brit ish Government. There is no doubt that the prosperous group of people were the follows of modern Muslims.

• By this if some one sketch that the whole Muslim nation was around the a one college then it is totally false.

• Those Muslims who were groomed under the guidance of Shah Wali Ullah and Mujahid-e-Milat Syed Ahmad Shaheed nor they accept defeat neither down their head in before Brit ish government. They st i l l believe in their rel igion obey the commands of Islam. They stayed away from practical pol it ics but stayed to their rel igion.

Allama Shabeer said about these scholars that:

“After the war of independence of 1857 they were pushed back so badly that death silence covered the whole country for many years.. when they felt some relief then frustration spread every where.

• That’s why this group get separation form polit ical circle and change their direction towards the mudrassas. Where they protected religious and educational inheritance they were defeated but did not admired the defeat and the Muslim nation practically showed ignorance to government.