Also, I just want to point out to people to read some sentences of the post with caution. Some, especially people born and raised in the West, could get the idea that the “Pakistani model” of a madrasah is what that has been described here. Yes, abuse is real and that happens in some madaaris back in Pakistan, but the level of abuse and other filthy conditions described here is exception rather than a rule. So, be careful how you word the post. If I weren’t from a Muslim country, I would think shoot, this is how Islamic schools are run there. These madaaris serve a noble mission and almost all people come out of them respecting and loving Islam and Quran and sunnah and not being scared of reciting the Quran! If that weren’t the case, many people who come out of these madaaris in Pakistan would despise reading Quran and following Islam, which isn’t the case.

I can bet the teachers running this madrasah are villager/’arabi/non-worldy and in fact illiterate. Yes, they might know some Quran and tajweed and some rudimentary stuff on Islam, but they don’t have proper understanding of this religion—the education, the knowledge, the mannerism, the maturity that Islam helps develop. People who have lived in Pakistan would know what I mean.

And, just to clarify—this is not a discriminatory remark on villagers. But, even in hadith books you read that an ‘arabi came and started relieving himself in the masjid, etc. etc. The point is if you come from an uneducated environment (like most villages might) and you only stay at the fringes of knowledge of Islam (like learning to read Quran (not understanding), some basic stuff about how to pray, etc.) you can end up with a distorted understanding that can lead to applying old, uncivilized mannerism in teaching Islam, such as the case here.

Stand strong. Replace the trouble makers. Tell parents to take care of their children and not to whine when they are to blame for leaving them there.

Please make du’aa that we’re able to stop this injustice and cruelty, and that we have the strength, patience, courage, and faith to withstand the numerous obstacles we’ll face in doing so…

My point: shut it down

Its completely about hiding dirty laundry. Its also about not trusting outsiders which is common in many insular communities. But we live in 21t century. Commenters here sound like the mafia.

How about the culture of sexual abuse in Madrassas, which is real. It still exists because no one wants to talk about it or get anyone in trouble. Well its a pathetic excuse and when we see our children leaving Islam left and right (as many are although we are in denial about it) we will know why. More importantly we as a community we will be held accountable on the day of judgment for not protecting children, who are given to us as a trust from Allah.

I understand that you’re concened about putting muslims in a bad light, but if this is how you treat your children, you deserve all the negative publicity you get. All the media is going to do is report the truth, and if you’re so concerned about that, then maybe you should abandon your medieval ways and move into the 21st century, where people don’t feel that they have the right to beat each other senseless for tiny things like having imperfect diction.

If you live in western countries, you have to abide by western laws. It’s illegal in western countries to beat children, so these people are breaking the law and should be locked up. QED.

Um.. just a helpful suggestion.

Can the people who are trying to make a point, actually go ahead and make their point.

It’s almost a task trying to sift through all the superflous, seemingly didactic, and tacit sentence structure to actually find, much less decode, your respected points.

My point: Just get to the point -).

JazaakumAllahukhairan

I think my point was greatly misunderstood… it is not about “hiding dirty laundry” at all. I will write a more detailed reply later inshaAllah when I have time.

Wassalaam,
Ahmad