bulbul Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 There is a quiet row erupting in the Aligarh Muslim University between students who call themselves liberals and the other faction that wants the famous varsity to go back to certain tenets of traditional Islam, like the use of burqa by women and holding of namaz prayers five times a day. bunch of pupils who call themselves Students of AMU put up posters of burqa-clad women for a seminar that, ironically, was on 'Women Empowerment: An Alternative in Focus' Shahab Ahmad, a fourth year student of law at AMU, and one of those who feels the liberal space in the campus is under attack, asked, "Why is AMU being turned into a madarsa? Should it become Aligarh Millat University? It's a central university, for god's sake." Adding to the resentment of the liberal groups is the fact that non-AMU members of Students of AMU, too, have access to hostels for preaching purposes. They publish books that speak about how financial independence for a woman is un-Islamic. Sometimes they are told that if circumstances force women to work, they should follow rules like wearing the hijab, talking in soft tones and maintaining a distance from men http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dont-turn-AMU-into-a-madrassa-Students/articleshow/31698057.cms :hatsoff::hatsoff:
ravishingravi Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 Countdown to pravasi chipkali blocking this thread.
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