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MUSLIMS had their comprehensive education system during the period of their rule in India. The system was uniform, cohesive, and provided the people with in-depth knowledge with a holistic look in different fields of life. When British occupied India, they ruined the economy of Muslim education, de-educated the masses and massacred the intellectuals.
NOW I will discuss in brief the more intelligent and refined efforts in India.
Nadwa tul Ulema, Lucknow
In the annual ceremony of Madrasah Ila’hiyat in 1892, an organization of Ulema (scholars), Nadwatul Ulema, was formed. The president of the organization was Maulana Muhammad Ali Moongeri Khalifa Hazrat Shah Fazlur Rehman Gunj Moradabadi (1895).
VARIOUS efforts have been made to merge the two systems --Secular, Western education and Islamic education-- but unfortunately most of them failed. Here are two examples:
AFTER British occupation, India was in a situation in which financial resources were completely under control of the new government and it was extremely unfavorable to run an Islamic educational institution. There was a danger of discontinuation of Imams and educators of Qur’an, Hadith and Fiqah.
DURING the complete destruction and occupation of India under British rule in 1857, over 7,000 Muslim scholars and educationists were executed, and the rest were deported or forced to leave. This left an abnormal situation in which to revive the Muslim education system. The only alternative for remaining Muslims was to adjust and compromise
WHEN the British first began control of India, Muslims were the ruling power and the heart and mind of the society. They held intellectual and physical superiority over the communities. Therefore, the British East India Company instigated a policy to humiliate and degrade Muslims from all spheres of life.
