In a webinar held under the auspices of IRN, I forwarded few suggestions for Majma ul Uloom ul Islamia Curriculum. I elaborated a little upon those suggestions and added some more, so that a comprehensive and presentable document may be developed. Here I present the suggestions.
1. Increase the breadth of knowledge keeping the depth of core subjects; Every branch of Islamic knowledge may be introduced with the introduction of top three books of that genre. For example in the field of Qiraa’aat these books can be introduced.
– Al Shatabiyya
– Al Nashr Fi Qiraa’aat Al Ashr
– Al Tayseer Fi Qiraa’aat Al Sab’
2. Teaching of Aqaid in the backdrop of contemporary attacks on Islam i.e. Scientific, Humanistic, Cultural etc. In this regards Mufti Abdul Wahid’s book Islami Aqaaid would be a good start.
3. Struggle of Ulama before and after creation of Pakistan. Since there is a complete blackout regarding efforts of Ulama in our Social Studies syllabus, there is need to highlight those efforts. In this regard, Ulama’s contribution towards creation of Pakistan and their struggle for Islamization of Pakistan afterwards e.g. Qarardad e Maqasid, Ulama Kay 22 Nikaat, 1953 ka Qadiani Mas’ala, 1973 Declaration of Qadianis as minorities may be highlighted.
4. Olympiads for different Uloom e Islami; On the style of Physics and Maths Olympiads, Olympiads based upon Islamic Knowledge for every Darajah, with voluntary participation should be organized on National/International levels. Heavy prizes may be given and ample publicity be done to attract best minds of the Nation towards Uloom e Deeniyya.
5. Kindling of Spark of Independence i.e. Jazba e Hurriat; Struggle of Ulama during Colonialism throughout the Islamic World e.g. Imam Shamil in Chechnya, Imam As Sanusi and Omar Mukhtar in Libya, Imam Bonjol in Sumatra, Ameer Abdul Qadir in Algeria, Syed Ahmad Shaheed, 1857 War of Independence, Raishmi Rumaal Tehreek etc.
6. Inculcate Love of Reading; Mashaheer Ulama’s favorite books and their effects on making them great. I wrote few blog posts about this.
Fiqh ud deen 