Hindu chief minister: Muslim schools should cease to exist, Quran should be taught at home, All Muslims were Hindus

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Assam (a state of India) chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has once again stoked a controversy by saying 'madrasas' (Muslims religious schools) should cease to exist and that Quran should be taught at home only.

He also opined that no one is a born Muslim in India and that if Muslim children are smart, it is because of their "Hindu past".

While addressing a gathering in Delhi, Sarma said children will not be able to think of becoming doctors and engineers till the word 'madrasa' exists.

"If you tell them that they will not become doctors or engineers if they study in madrasas, they themselves will refuse to go. Teach the Quran to your children, but at home. Admitting children in madrasas is a violation of their human rights," he pointed out.

The Assam CM said there should be stress on teaching science, maths, biology, botany, and zoology to all children but they should study to become doctors, engineers, professors and scientists.

Replying to a question that students in madrasas are extremely talented, they can memorise every word of the Quran easily, Sarma said, "All Muslims were Hindus. No one was born a Muslim (in India). Everyone was a Hindu in India. So, if a Muslim child is extremely meritorious, I will give partial credit to his Hindu past."

In 2020, the Assan government decided to dissolve all government-run madrassas and convert them into general educational institutions to facilitate a secular education system.




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