Renowned Islamic scholar and author, Abumazeedah AbdulRauf, has described the belief by members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect that western education is a sin as “a thought of the misguided mind.”
According to him, there was need for Muslims to be sensitized on reading with a view to correcting the wrong impression about western education.
But a lecturer in the Department of Islamic Law at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Director in ABU’s Institute of Administration, Professor Mohammed Bello, said the belief that western education is a taboo was western propaganda.
They both spoke in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Abuja during the opening ceremony of the 4th edition of a one-week Islamic Book Exhibition organized at the National Mosque by a publishing firm, De Minaret International.
Abumazeedah who is the Managing Director/CEO of the company said, “We want to mobilize Muslims and sensitize them on the habit of reading because we believe that if today everybody is campaigning for reading culture, we Muslims should be in the forefront of the campaign because our religion had started on the platform of reading and this exhibition is even more important because it is coming at a time when there is a very wrong impression about the religion.
“Prophet Mohammed never postulated mathematical theory but those who came after him developed a technique of mathematics and today, it is beneficial to the world. So, to assume that western education is a sin is indeed a thought of the misguided mind, it’s not part of Islamic thinking. And this is one of the points that we are trying to prove here like I said earlier, through this education that Muslims are indeed, the custodians of knowledge.”
According to him, the exhibition is to correct the erroneous impression that Islam is vehemently opposed to education and knowledge.
“So we are organizing this exhibition to showcase the beauty of Islam. We are having more than 25,000 collections of Islamic titles here and the works that Muslim intellectuals have done. When you see this, you will agree with me that indeed, Islam is a religion of intellects, a religion of knowledge and that is what we are trying to prove to the world.
“Islam does not distinguish between education, there is no difference between Islamic and western education. In the past, we have among our ancestors, Muslim intellectuals who were basically mathematicians like Aljeberi, like Alberuni, these were Muslims and they were mathematicians,” Abumazeedah added.
He said, “Everybody knows that Islam is a religion of peace. In fact, there is no religion in the world that has the interpretation as peace. If you adhere sincerely to Islam, you will have peace in your mind, you will have peace if a country adheres to Islam, peace will prevail, so Islam is a religion of peace.”
Asked about Islamic faithful who believe that western education is a taboo and sin, the ABU don blamed the belief on western propaganda.
“I think that propaganda has been foiled by westerners themselves and I beg to request for anyone to provide authority that any true Muslim scholar has said that there is a dichotomy between western education and Islamic education. I think the problem is that there is a lot of misguidance, a lot of misunderstandings and a lot of inter-mixing, philosophy, culture, de-culturalisation and of course sometimes, ethnicity. All these things have contributed,” he emphasized. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Its really very funny how our leaders seize d opportunity of being recognized by d world community to speak against d dastardly acts of d boko haram sect. I have not heard our Islamic clerics openly condemned wat d sect is doing, its really sad how our leaders n govt officials play politics with everything.
ReplyDeleteWhere were d Islamic clerics n other politicians from d north wen B'haram was wasting lives n destroying properties all dese months.......Hmmmmmm......rememberdia is God!
You are a useless Terrorist,You teaches them that western education is a sin.....Every Muslim weather big or small,boy or girl is a useless Terrorist... You want to correct an impression that Your brothers (Boko Haram) is misguieded, why are you then telling us that it is a propaganda by westerners ?.....How is it a propaganda by westerners whereas your Brother(Shekaru) came out openly to tell the whole world that western Education is evil ? Is it the westerners that told him to say it publicly ? You also mention that Islam is a Religion of PEACE..... How is Islam a religion of peace whereas they are coursing problem and havoc all over the world.... Ok let's check Islamic countries all over the world or any country that has Muslims........Palestine,Turkey,Syria,Iran,Iraq,Afghanitine,Pakistine,Libya,Mali,Sudan, Nigeria etc. Anywhere there is Islam,there MUST be problem there. Every Muslim is a TERRORIST,if not,why are they coursing problem all over the world... Prove me wrong if i am not saying the right thing.
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DeleteDoes his revealing his identity prove or disprove his claim. See how you pivot and change the subject. Instead of you to speak against evil. Even Moderate Muslims that keep silent to me are Terrorists. Point blank! If you wake up everyday and you see your neighbor or even your blood brother killing people and u just keep quiet, then you are also a killer. QED!
DeleteAnon 3:02 please inform me of the point I missed.I direct the same question to you. Prove that the crisis in these countries mentioned are religious.
DeleteIslam is a religion of peace. To prove that are countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar etc. Our neighbors like Mauritius, Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Cameroun etc all have moslems. You should be able to see beyond you nose that Boko Haram is organized sect to destabilize the Govt by some politicians who refused to accept defeat and by Northern Governor who want to use it as a means to get more security votes just like as the Southern Governors did during the Militancy era in the Niger Delta. You guys should leave religion out of this. I rest my case.
Delete"That Western Education is a sin is a Western propaganda" pls help me ask the Prof is BOKO and HARAM na Western Language? Since most Muslims believed in JIHAD, they will always support BOKITES in their HEARTS. Believe me or not.
ReplyDeleteI really dislike it when people find a avenue to criticize everything and anything they hear or see. Mr. David, if you are really abreast of events, you will have known that a Muslim cleric was killed in Zaria along with his wife and child for openly critizing boko haram. Sheikh Abubakar Gumi has also on several occasions condemned the sects activities and even proclaimed that their kidnapp of the chibok girls will end their heinous crimes way before we started witnessing international support and attention. Let us be more enlightened and not see everything as an opportunity to show our own inner selfishness, for that is what is hurting us seriously in this country.
ReplyDeleteSo are you saying the criticism of 1 or 2 Muslims or even 50 is sufficient as opposed to upwards of 40 million Muslims in the country? It is time for them to hold a rally.....matter of fact several rallies to denounce hatred and killing not just in Nigeria, but all over the world.
DeleteIt is because of the bondage of fear that is why a lot of them keep quiet. Because of re-cause of being attacked. But the implication of that shows consent. You have to be as bold as the killers to revive your religion if you truly love it.
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ReplyDeleteYou don't need to insult me 2 botress ur point, just like Mr. Gerald state his own point dat these Islamic clerics have been speaking against d B'haram but 4 dey have been attacked n killed have made dem hold their peace 2 a certain extent shows he is very objective n I agree with him.
DeleteHowever, our politicians from d North have not being speaking out consistently against d insurgence since dey started their evil activities sum yrs ago but r only doing so now dat it will project dem 2 d whole world as d gud guys, dat is where my point lies. Pls u don't need 2 insult me but state ur point n views objectively. God bless u
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