Using Schools to future proof Pakistan against extremism

[313ghazi]

It's clear that in large swathes of our society casual extremism has taken hold. It's unfortunate and unsurprising if you think about it, but the TTP was the thin edge of the wedge. The solution is multi-fold. An improved economy would provide people with jobs, wealth and ambition making them less likely to participate in activities that would threaten their creature comforts. More effective law enforcement and a judicial reform would mean when these situations arise, they could be handled easier and the perpetrators punished. Stricter regulation on imams and madarsa's would help reduce the levels of poison being pumped into society.

I have another idea though - the education system. We need to make the next generation patriots of this state, not patrons of dallah mullahs. I propose we do that, by taking over their Islamic education entirely.

1. The school day should be lengthened and the Quran lessons that kids go to in Madarsas and masjids, should be shifted into schools. Schools should train and hire their own imams, who teach children the Quran, namaz, islamiyat (instead of teaching it during the normal school day), so parents don't feel the need to send their kids to the local molana.

2. These imams should all be government trained and be training children in Islam, especially in the elements of Islam such as fairness, equality, compassion which is missing from the modern madrasa system. These lessons should be compulsory for all Muslim children.

3. We should have a citizenship and ethics class in the time "islamiyat" used to be taught. This should teach kids civic duty, and bang into them loyalty to the state. This class should also teach ethics outside of the scope of Islam, right and wrong, philosophical questions so that children understand that ethics can exist outside of a religious context too. These ethics classes should be mandatory in colleges and university too, so that we can have more challenging ethical debates with young adult minds. A cornerstone to these sessions should be challenging the status quo and their perceptions. Our children must be taught to be inquisitive, not parrots.

4. Schools should make voluntary work mandatory. Each class should have to do some sort of communal voluntary act outside of the school each month for a few hours. We should adapt the Japanese model too, children should be taught to respect their school and their local community.

5. We should introduce national service. Anyone who wants to apply for a government job should first spend a year doing voluntary work for the greater good of the nation, organised by the state. Anyone else who does it should get a discount on their income tax for the first 5 years of salaried work, whether it is in the public or private sector.

6. We should introduce free school meals for all kids up until matric. It doesn't have to be fancy but if poor people know their kid will get a free meal, they will send them to school.

By doing this we will both create generations who are well versed in a more tolerant perspective of Islam, who are raised being dutiful to their community and who are taught to think freely.

Just as importantly, by doing this we'll cut the mullahs off at their knees.

 

[Clutch]

It's clear that in large swathes of our society casual extremism has taken hold. It's unfortunate and unsurprising if you think about it, but the TTP was the thin edge of the wedge. The solution is multi-fold. An improved economy would provide people with jobs, wealth and ambition making them less likely to participate in activities that would threaten their creature comforts. More effective law enforcement and a judicial reform would mean when these situations arise, they could be handled easier and the perpetrators punished. Stricter regulation on imams and madarsa's would help reduce the levels of poison being pumped into society.

I have another idea though - the education system. We need to make the next generation patriots of this state, not patrons of dallah mullahs. I propose we do that, by taking over their Islamic education entirely.

1. The school day should be lengthened and the Quran lessons that kids go to in Madarsas and masjids, should be shifted into schools. Schools should train and hire their own imams, who teach children the Quran, namaz, islamiyat (instead of teaching it during the normal school day), so parents don't feel the need to send their kids to the local molana.

2. These imams should all be government trained and be training children in Islam, especially in the elements of Islam such as fairness, equality, compassion which is missing from the modern madrasa system. These lessons should be compulsory for all Muslim children.

3. We should have a citizenship and ethics class in the time "islamiyat" used to be taught. This should teach kids civic duty, and bang into them loyalty to the state. This class should also teach ethics outside of the scope of Islam, right and wrong, philosophical questions so that children understand that ethics can exist outside of a religious context too. These ethics classes should be mandatory in colleges and university too, so that we can have more challenging ethical debates with young adult minds. A cornerstone to these sessions should be challenging the status quo and their perceptions. Our children must be taught to be inquisitive, not parrots.

4. Schools should make voluntary work mandatory. Each class should have to do some sort of communal voluntary act outside of the school each month for a few hours. We should adapt the Japanese model too, children should be taught to respect their school and their local community.

5. We should introduce national service. Anyone who wants to apply for a government job should first spend a year doing voluntary work for the greater good of the nation, organised by the state. Anyone else who does it should get a discount on their income tax for the first 5 years of salaried work, whether it is in the public or private sector.

6. We should introduce free school meals for all kids up until matric. It doesn't have to be fancy but if poor people know their kid will get a free meal, they will send them to school.

By doing this we will both create generations who are well versed in a more tolerant perspective of Islam, who are raised being dutiful to their community and who are taught to think freely.

Just as importantly, by doing this we'll cut the mullahs off at their knees.

Only real solution to the problem of Jahil Mullahism!!

And the Ironic thing is Mullahs already know this... That is why they keep blowing schools up.

Illetrate maddrasas are their cannon fodder...

 

[Path-Finder]

Make all madaris students to pursue sciences, engineering, IT and other fields of expertise. Forcibly

Make Urdu the language officially for all legal framework and especially Civil Service must be converted to 100% Urdu and away from English.

Poorest people go to Madaris and They produce educated Kids BUT then they limit themselves and are generally limited with Life choices.

 

[Yaseen1]

Many school and university students also attended such protests how can schools stop it .It is not limited to Madrasah

 

[艹艹艹]

Any religion cannot enter the school in China,
I think this is very correct

 

[Fawadqasim1]

It's clear that in large swathes of our society casual extremism has taken hold. It's unfortunate and unsurprising if you think about it, but the TTP was the thin edge of the wedge. The solution is multi-fold. An improved economy would provide people with jobs, wealth and ambition making them less likely to participate in activities that would threaten their creature comforts. More effective law enforcement and a judicial reform would mean when these situations arise, they could be handled easier and the perpetrators punished. Stricter regulation on imams and madarsa's would help reduce the levels of poison being pumped into society.

I have another idea though - the education system. We need to make the next generation patriots of this state, not patrons of dallah mullahs. I propose we do that, by taking over their Islamic education entirely.

1. The school day should be lengthened and the Quran lessons that kids go to in Madarsas and masjids, should be shifted into schools. Schools should train and hire their own imams, who teach children the Quran, namaz, islamiyat (instead of teaching it during the normal school day), so parents don't feel the need to send their kids to the local molana.

2. These imams should all be government trained and be training children in Islam, especially in the elements of Islam such as fairness, equality, compassion which is missing from the modern madrasa system. These lessons should be compulsory for all Muslim children.

3. We should have a citizenship and ethics class in the time "islamiyat" used to be taught. This should teach kids civic duty, and bang into them loyalty to the state. This class should also teach ethics outside of the scope of Islam, right and wrong, philosophical questions so that children understand that ethics can exist outside of a religious context too. These ethics classes should be mandatory in colleges and university too, so that we can have more challenging ethical debates with young adult minds. A cornerstone to these sessions should be challenging the status quo and their perceptions. Our children must be taught to be inquisitive, not parrots.

4. Schools should make voluntary work mandatory. Each class should have to do some sort of communal voluntary act outside of the school each month for a few hours. We should adapt the Japanese model too, children should be taught to respect their school and their local community.

5. We should introduce national service. Anyone who wants to apply for a government job should first spend a year doing voluntary work for the greater good of the nation, organised by the state. Anyone else who does it should get a discount on their income tax for the first 5 years of salaried work, whether it is in the public or private sector.

6. We should introduce free school meals for all kids up until matric. It doesn't have to be fancy but if poor people know their kid will get a free meal, they will send them to school.

By doing this we will both create generations who are well versed in a more tolerant perspective of Islam, who are raised being dutiful to their community and who are taught to think freely.

Just as importantly, by doing this we'll cut the mullahs off at their knees.

Bullseye

 

[313ghazi]

Many school and university students also attended such protests how can schools stop it .It is not limited to Madrasah

That is the problem. Our education system does not instill ethics, Islamic values or national identity.

Anyone who has a basic sense of insaaniyat would not forcibly block innocent people from travelling. They would not damage property that does not belong to them, they would not steal bananas from children.

Our people don't have detailed in depth knowledge of Islam. Anyone who had proper knowledge of Islam would never riot and steal and burn private property. InshaAllah the state will hold some of these people to account but even if they don't - Allah will.

Finally anyone who considered themselves Pakistani would not stand by a bakra who called for the murder of the head of the judicary and the armed forces.

I saw a video of some young boys picking up stones and clearing the road. These boys were raised with ethics and correct Islamic values. We need to raise all our children like this, so they can break free from the hold of jail mullahs and WhatsApp conspiracies.

 

[TMA]

It's clear that in large swathes of our society casual extremism has taken hold. It's unfortunate and unsurprising if you think about it, but the TTP was the thin edge of the wedge. The solution is multi-fold. An improved economy would provide people with jobs, wealth and ambition making them less likely to participate in activities that would threaten their creature comforts. More effective law enforcement and a judicial reform would mean when these situations arise, they could be handled easier and the perpetrators punished. Stricter regulation on imams and madarsa's would help reduce the levels of poison being pumped into society.

I have another idea though - the education system. We need to make the next generation patriots of this state, not patrons of dallah mullahs. I propose we do that, by taking over their Islamic education entirely.

1. The school day should be lengthened and the Quran lessons that kids go to in Madarsas and masjids, should be shifted into schools. Schools should train and hire their own imams, who teach children the Quran, namaz, islamiyat (instead of teaching it during the normal school day), so parents don't feel the need to send their kids to the local molana.

2. These imams should all be government trained and be training children in Islam, especially in the elements of Islam such as fairness, equality, compassion which is missing from the modern madrasa system. These lessons should be compulsory for all Muslim children.

3. We should have a citizenship and ethics class in the time "islamiyat" used to be taught. This should teach kids civic duty, and bang into them loyalty to the state. This class should also teach ethics outside of the scope of Islam, right and wrong, philosophical questions so that children understand that ethics can exist outside of a religious context too. These ethics classes should be mandatory in colleges and university too, so that we can have more challenging ethical debates with young adult minds. A cornerstone to these sessions should be challenging the status quo and their perceptions. Our children must be taught to be inquisitive, not parrots.

4. Schools should make voluntary work mandatory. Each class should have to do some sort of communal voluntary act outside of the school each month for a few hours. We should adapt the Japanese model too, children should be taught to respect their school and their local community.

5. We should introduce national service. Anyone who wants to apply for a government job should first spend a year doing voluntary work for the greater good of the nation, organised by the state. Anyone else who does it should get a discount on their income tax for the first 5 years of salaried work, whether it is in the public or private sector.

6. We should introduce free school meals for all kids up until matric. It doesn't have to be fancy but if poor people know their kid will get a free meal, they will send them to school.

By doing this we will both create generations who are well versed in a more tolerant perspective of Islam, who are raised being dutiful to their community and who are taught to think freely.

Just as importantly, by doing this we'll cut the mullahs off at their knees.

But there are traitors in the State who prefer this rubbish...

 

[A.A. Khan]

Funny part is liberal extremists are too concerned about mullahs, and less about their class kids enrolled in prestigious Universities.

Many boys and young girls are being addicted to drugs like brown sugar and heroin. A guy died of overdose in LUMS and several girls were pushed into rehab after they were found out doing drugs.

Amule was caught sellung drugs in vicinity of Quaid e Azam University/ This is where are future is on the line.

 

[WaLeEdK2]

Funny part is liberal extremists are too concerned about mullahs, and less about their class kids enrolled in prestigious Universities.

Many boys and young girls are being addicted to drugs like brown sugar and heroin. A guy died of overdose in LUMS and several girls were pushed into rehab after they were found out doing drugs.

Amule was caught sellung drugs in vicinity of Quaid e Azam University/ This is where are future is on the line.

To be fair that happens a lot in other countries like Canada and the US too. I know someone that OD’d on heroin. But I agree it shouldn’t be acceptable.

 

[Zibago]

Many school and university students also attended such protests how can schools stop it .It is not limited to Madrasah

Nope not where i live nearly all the protesters were either chitay unparh villagers from outside Islamabad city or madrassah students the residents displayed zero interest in protest

 

[Yaseen1]

Nope not where i live nearly all the protesters were either chitay unparh villagers from outside Islamabad city or madrassah students the residents displayed zero interest in protest

This is only limited to few places of Islamabad but for rest of country situation is very different.They are actively using social media and illeterate cannot operate social media and carryout graphic designing and videoediting

 

[Zibago]

This is only limited to few places of Islamabad but for rest of country situation is very different.They are actively using social media and illeterate cannot operate social media and carryout graphic designing and videoediting

Nope that is what happened at all choke points in twin cities the social media folks of tlp are a small minority you just have to talk to them to know about their literacy level and background most cant even speak Urdu
Why do you think they were rejected by such a huge margin all over the country?

They can scare public but fear doesnot make you respect people they were cursing at people who wanted to pass their barricade they didnt even let ambulances pass at phase 5 do you really think such violent thugs are suported by masses?