ALLAHABAD: Every other day we hear lot of diatribes from the firebrand Muslim leaders like Azam Khan in UP but when it comes to real Muslim issues like education of the communities,the likes of him seem to have given deaf ears asĀ a report published in the Times of India says Ā that Ā about 7,000 Muslim students are studying in 1,200 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) schools across Uttar Pradesh, an increase of 30% in the last two years after a BJP-led government came to power at the Centre.
Importantly, these Muslim students were following all rules like reciting ‘slokas’ and ‘bhojan mantras’,Ā and were doing very well in studies and sports, reported the right wing outfit known for its Hindutva ideology.These students are enrolled mostly in rural areas.
At these schools, the day starts for students with surya namaskar and singing of Vande Mataram besides Vedic hymns.
Authorities at Saraswati Shishu Mandir and Saraswati Vidya Mandir claim that Muslim boys and girls had brought laurels to their schools in the fields of sports, cultural activities and academics as well
āThese children attend classes like any other student and mingle with their peers. There are 4,672 boys and 2,218 girls from the community pursuing education up to class XII at these schools. Vidya Bharti also recently recruited eight Muslim teachers.Our students such as Mohammad Aqib, Aftab Alam, Ejaj Ahmad, Gufranuddin and Mohammad Akaram have won medals at national sporting events and youth commonwealth games,” Chintamani Singh, state inspector of Vidya Bharti, which manages these schools, toldĀ TOI.
“The quality of education is the prime reason why Muslim parents send their wards to our schools,” he said.
A Muslim boy studying at an RSS-managed school topped his high school examination in Assam earlier this month. “RSS is not antiMuslim or against any religion, it is pro-India with no communal agenda,” an RSS source said.
It seems that the Muslim leadership inertia on the core issues of the community is leading them to a dark tunnel where there is no light at the end of it.
Muslims must do something for our education nd upliftment otherwise our next generation would be Muslims body with hindu souls