Srinagar, Nov 10 (KNS): Mother Helpage Worldwide, a charity organization, Tuesday clarified a news report carried by a national daily on November 2 titled: “This J&K doc’s mission: Modernise madrassa in militant hotbed.”
In a statement KNS, a spokesman of the organization said, “The newspaper had misquoted its CEO Dr Sohail Nasti by saying: ‘My aim is to revolutionize madrassas in Kashmir after I learnt that terrorists are produced in Islamic seminaries.’”
The real quote, he said, was: “My aim is to revolutionize madrasas as I don’t want people to say that terrorists are growing from Islamic seminaries.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelOver the years in the world, a perception has been created that terrorists are produced from madrassas which is wrong. I want to take the stigma out of people’s mind.”
Clarifying further, he said, there is a misconception that terrorists are coming out of madrasas. “Islam never allows anyone to percolate hatred. We want that students who are enrolled in madrasas besides religious studies should be imparted modern education as well,” the spokesman added. (KNS)