Pakistan wants uniform curriculum for seminaries
June 6th, 2011 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANSIslamabad, June 6 (IANS) Pakistan favours a uniform curriculum for all Islamic seminaries.
Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani made the statement Sunday while visiting Multan city, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported.
Gilani directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik to meet representatives of Wafaq-Ul-Madaaris Al-Arabia to decide a common curriculum for all religious institutions in the country.
Gilani said that madrassas “should also impart IT training and education to students so that they could earn their livelihood”.
The prime minister told an 18-member delegation of Al-Arabia led by Qari Hanif Jalandhary that Islam had been maligned by “a few perverted elements working on foreign agenda”.
He sought the cooperation of Islamic seminaries to back the government’s campaign against “extremism and terrorism”.
Qari Jalandhary urged the prime minister that degrees issued by Islamic seminaries should be recognised so that their students find jobs.
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