Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Influence of politics on our education system

Education is the most important factor that dominates the success and development of a society. An example of it is one of the most hard working nations in the world, China, the self made nation. The nation that has given a very tough time to the USA in international market. The literacy rate of this great nation is about 96%. 
When I look at the universities in Pakistan, I see the political boycotts of the classes and every second day classes are not conducted due to strikes. I see the lingual and political discrimination prevailing among the students. I see the incompetent teachers spoiling the future of the youth. I see the the students being awarded higher grades on the basis of their relations with the heads of the departments. I see the selection of teachers on the basis of their relations with the university officials but not on merit. I see a government, which, when takes the hold of the state's affairs, at first place axes the budget for education. I see the dismissal of a person (Dr.Ata-ur-Rehman) who took the education in Pakistan to the heights that it had never seen before. I see the government pushing the literacy rate down by not providing quality education in the public sector institutes. I see the vice chancellors  being appointed on political basis instead of being appointed on the basis of their academic qualifications, their leadership skills and their vision. The increasing rate of child labor is also one of the consequences of this current situation.
The basic reason as I see for not letting the youth acquire quality education is that if this youth becomes educated, they will stand against the tyranny and inclemency incurred over the people by these despotic devils. They will raise their voice against the injustice and anarchy. A country like Pakistan whose 70% population is under 30 years of age, should prosper at a rapid pace and show a very high growth rate every year. If the current situation prevails for the next few years in our institutions, no one will be able to stop our literacy rate to fall below 10% and this will bring more injustice, increased child labor and anarchy to the country. 

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Hypocrites and our society

Our Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) was believed to be Sadiq ( a person who tells the truth) and Ameen ( trustworthy), even by the non-believers. After him, the justice and the truth, prevailed during the times of khulfa-e- raashideen as well. They feared Allah, the Almighty, and this fear never let them do injustice to their people.
If we talk about the current era, everybody turns to our religious scholars to get the solution to their problems. These scholars have a heavy responsibility towards this umma. But are these scholars really trustworthy? I have been trying hard to find an answer to this question since long but I am still in a state of dilemma. I see around myself, a mob of  hypocrites in the guise of religious scholars who sell fatwas declaring a haraam act as halal just for a few pennies. The role of these scholars was to unite the nation but they rather broke them into different small fragments. They themselves move in luxurious cars and live a lavish life but keep asking others not to be spendthrift. They stepped into politics at the cost of their major responsibilities towards the society. For a society like ours, whose literacy rate never touched even 40%, all it takes to go astray is a fatwa from a religious scholar. Some of them would go to live in willowwacks, jungles and mountains to get closer to Allah but not a single one of them would step forward to work for the betterment of our society. None of them is ready to get this nation out of the quagmire of backwardness and illiteracy. I see around myself another mob of devils in the shape of peers, at order of whom, an illiterate group of people even slaughters their daughters and wives.
During the older days, the umma had people like Hazrat Omer Faarooq (may Allah be pleased with him), for justice, for understanding the religion and finding the solutions to their problems but people like me have these hypocrites and despotic devils around. Its the high time when our religious scholars should understand their responsibilities towards the society and if they don't, then I am afraid that illiteracy and injustice will prevail in the society.