Pakistan religious body wishes to include Jihad verses in syllabus

Islamabad: The government of Pakistan had presented a draft of proposed curriculum in front of the Council of Islamic Ideology to recommend the measures for implementation of Islam in the country.

On Wednesday, an Islamic religious body in Pakistan demanded the government to include Quranic verses regarding importance of jihad in the proposed school syllabus.

The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) raised serious concerns over not including the Quranic verses regarding jihad in the proposed syllabi for the government schools in Sindh. The chairperson of CII Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani said that that the Federal Education and Professional Training Ministry must include the verses about importance of jihad in the projected school syllabus.

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Moreover, the council asked the 4 provinces to make the teaching of Holy Quran as a compulsory subject from class one to class twelve (1 to 12).

The matters of verses about jihad and teaching of Quran was raised when the government presented a draft of planned curriculum in front of CII, which is legitimate body, to recommend measures for implementation of Islam in Pakistan.

As per the CII sources the members of the religious body were not happy to leave an important topic like jihad out of teaching course being set for the school aspirants.

CII member Maulana Zahid Qasmi while talking to media said that:

"484 verses of jihad are mentioned in the Quran, though they were deliberately not involved in the syllabus so the aspirants could not be taught about it".

"I personally sent my reservation over the proposed draft," he added.