Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari has called on the Muslim community to learn sophisticated technology to keep pace with changing times, and described it as a dire need. Addressing the valedictory session of the golden jubilee celebrations of the Darul Ulum Sabil, the famous Arabic college in Bengaluru, he said no one can see so far in the future to say what may befall him 50 years from now, and what changes he would have to bear with.
The world is changing fast and if we desire to come out successful in the world, we would have to change ourselves in sync with the changes. Ansari stressed that we should not wait for the government to provide us all amenities and facilities. Instead, we should extend our hand and ask for what we need.
Laudable and Pleasant Outcome
The main problem with the Muslim community, in fact is that it has the inclination of not changing with current times. This tendency, however, does not plague the Muslim community elsewhere in the world. Wherever the Muslim community has taken to modern education, laudable and pleasant outcome have emerged there. Yet, there are several Islamic countries, including a section of Muslims in India, who take modern education as against their religious values, and consider it to be the forbidden fruit. Consequently, people who think in these terms fall behind as compared to other communities. It is a general feeling about students studying in madaris (religious seminaries) that they do not get any motivation to learn latest technologies and modern education.
Despite it, great institutions and religious organization like Darul Ulum Deoband have the rare privilege that several of their students have succeeded in Indian Administrative Services examinations. Several students there are learning new technologies and modern education. Such students have found prestigious jobs in the government and in multinational companies too. In several other madaris in the country, attention is being paid to learn modern education in view of changing times, and to cope with it. Arrangements for imparting modern education, though at the rudimentary level, have been made in madaris. Yet, the situation, on the whole, remains far from satisfactory and a lot more needs to be done in this field.
There is the need to comprehend and keep in mind the advice tendered by the vice-president. The vice president has rightly said we should not look up to the government for everything and need not depend on it for facilities. It is clear that if the Muslim community strives to get modern education on its own, formulates a line of action to get modern education and has faith in itself, better results can be forthcoming. Wherever the community has taken to this attitude, the clear difference is perceptible.
Employment Opportunities
The advent of multinational companies in India has changed the employment spectrum. If we consider those who got employment opportunities in these multinationals, one would, perhaps, find a large number of those who have not got any reservation in government employment. The main cause of it is that reservation or privileges do not let the spirit of self-reliance to be inculcated in some people. Such people have to suffer in competition. Further, there is a fundamental difference between government policy and the ideology of companies earning profit. This kind of a difference helps those persons who may belong to any section or community, who have equipped themselves with modern education and latest technologies. These are the people who toil tirelessly to take the company they work for to new heights.
The advice by the vice president that if the Muslim community has to make progress they should not be entirely dependent on government to extend facilities to them and that they should endeavor on their own to get modern education, is timely and correct. The community has to bear in mind that latest knowledge and modern education is nowhere an impediment to the faith one follows. Instead, knowledge and education make life better for human beings.
Obstacle in Path of Progress
It is, however, a certainty now that to make progress in life and for development, progress and prosperity of the country, getting modern education is imperative for all, whether Muslims, or from any other community. The situation in a secular country like India gives the liberty to achieve modern knowledge, and Islamic faith nowhere is an obstacle in the path of progress. What is needed the most is that we should make the fullest use of the opportunities.
The world is changing fast and if we desire to come out successful in the world, we would have to change ourselves in sync with the changes. Ansari stressed that we should not wait for the government to provide us all amenities and facilities. Instead, we should extend our hand and ask for what we need.
Laudable and Pleasant Outcome
The main problem with the Muslim community, in fact is that it has the inclination of not changing with current times. This tendency, however, does not plague the Muslim community elsewhere in the world. Wherever the Muslim community has taken to modern education, laudable and pleasant outcome have emerged there. Yet, there are several Islamic countries, including a section of Muslims in India, who take modern education as against their religious values, and consider it to be the forbidden fruit. Consequently, people who think in these terms fall behind as compared to other communities. It is a general feeling about students studying in madaris (religious seminaries) that they do not get any motivation to learn latest technologies and modern education.
Despite it, great institutions and religious organization like Darul Ulum Deoband have the rare privilege that several of their students have succeeded in Indian Administrative Services examinations. Several students there are learning new technologies and modern education. Such students have found prestigious jobs in the government and in multinational companies too. In several other madaris in the country, attention is being paid to learn modern education in view of changing times, and to cope with it. Arrangements for imparting modern education, though at the rudimentary level, have been made in madaris. Yet, the situation, on the whole, remains far from satisfactory and a lot more needs to be done in this field.
There is the need to comprehend and keep in mind the advice tendered by the vice-president. The vice president has rightly said we should not look up to the government for everything and need not depend on it for facilities. It is clear that if the Muslim community strives to get modern education on its own, formulates a line of action to get modern education and has faith in itself, better results can be forthcoming. Wherever the community has taken to this attitude, the clear difference is perceptible.
Employment Opportunities
The advent of multinational companies in India has changed the employment spectrum. If we consider those who got employment opportunities in these multinationals, one would, perhaps, find a large number of those who have not got any reservation in government employment. The main cause of it is that reservation or privileges do not let the spirit of self-reliance to be inculcated in some people. Such people have to suffer in competition. Further, there is a fundamental difference between government policy and the ideology of companies earning profit. This kind of a difference helps those persons who may belong to any section or community, who have equipped themselves with modern education and latest technologies. These are the people who toil tirelessly to take the company they work for to new heights.
The advice by the vice president that if the Muslim community has to make progress they should not be entirely dependent on government to extend facilities to them and that they should endeavor on their own to get modern education, is timely and correct. The community has to bear in mind that latest knowledge and modern education is nowhere an impediment to the faith one follows. Instead, knowledge and education make life better for human beings.
Obstacle in Path of Progress
It is, however, a certainty now that to make progress in life and for development, progress and prosperity of the country, getting modern education is imperative for all, whether Muslims, or from any other community. The situation in a secular country like India gives the liberty to achieve modern knowledge, and Islamic faith nowhere is an obstacle in the path of progress. What is needed the most is that we should make the fullest use of the opportunities.
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