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19 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 106 (2021)
Concept of Education in Islam and the Role of Madrassah: Short History of Madrassah and Militancy in Pakistan

handle is hein.journals/techssj19 and id is 106 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 19, 106-128, May, 2021 ISSN: 2668-7798 SOCIAL SCIENCES JOURNAL w tehi scneco z51 D4Lj.`SJ<. www. techniumscience.com Concept of Education in Islam and the role of Madrassah: Short History of Madrassah and Militancy in Pakistan Naseem Ahmed University of Law, United Kingdom naseem.ahmed96@law.ac.uk Abstract. Islam has given especial emphases on religious and rational education, it is obligatory to every Muslim to get education. The place where education is given to Muslims has given very especial status and respect. The Islamic education center called Madrassah; its history is as old as the Islam. Madrassah provides free education, boarding and lodging to the poor students. South Asian Madrassah traditions go back to the Muslim Rule in India, there were two famous traditions of Islamic education system in India Frangi Mahall tradition and Deobandi tradition respectively. After partition of India, Pakistan inherited both the traditions but the Deoband Tradition is stronger in theory and practice in present day Pakistan. After 9/11 attaccks on United Sates of America, the world has become interested to know about Madrassahs in Pakistan and its connections with militancy. Suddenly, the media and governments have also given attention to understand the Madrassah. Several studies have been conducted by journalists, NGO's and academia on Madrassah curriculum, policy, ideology, student-teacher relationship and connection to militancy. The main purpose of this article is to discuss the Islamic concept of education and the role of Madrassah in Islamic and rational education and to analyze the Madrassah connections with jihad and militancy. It also discusses the short history of Madrassah in India and Pakistan. In the light of the following questions what is an Islamic concept of education and the role of Madrassah? And, to analize If there is any connection of Madrassah and militancy? Keywords. Islam, Education, Madrassah, Militancy and Pakistan Introduction/Review of Literature In this article the review of literature is divided into two categories; (a) literature on Islamic education and Madrassah and (b) literature on Pakistani Madrassah and militancy. The term 'education,' in its literal meaning is derived from two Latin words, 'educare' which means to rear, to bring up or to nourish a child and 'educere' which means to bring forth, to lead, to draw out or to train.1 In Islam, the term knowledge and education are both derived from Arabic word 'ilim' and 'ta'alim' respectively. The word ilm is a verbal noun of the root verb alima. Literally, 'alima means he knew and he was acquainted with'. The active participle aalim (pl. 'ulamaa, aalimum ') means someone who knows and the past participle, 'ma 'lum (pl. ma 'lumaat) denotes an object known (or an object of knowledge). The English equivalent of 'ilm is knowledge'. In first category, literature on education in Islam, the most important source of Islamic education is Quran and the Sunnah of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), hence, the importance of 106

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