Lessons in harmony, the Bengal madrasa way: "In Jalpaiguri district, about 500 km north of Kolkata, 14-year-old Julita is posting higher marks in Arabic tests than her Muslim classmates at the Badaitari Ujiria Madrasa.
'I like the subject very much and that fact that I am a Christian has never been a problem with my Muslim friends.'
Tapas Layek, the Hindu headmaster of a madrasa in south Kolkata has several co-religionists as colleagues. 'We are loved and respected by our Muslim students who are also friendly with their Hindu classmates,' he said.
Bengali Muslim scholars say that the view that madrasas are simply Islamic finishing schools is a corruption of their traditional role.
'Our madrasas are the perfect examples of what such institutes should really be,' said Dr. Mohammed Sahidullah at Calcutta University.
Renowned Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen, a former jury member at the Cannes festival, said the state's experiment should be copied across the country."
Awesome. These are things that make you proud to be an Indian.
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that is an inspiring example :)
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