[Reader-list] Deoband head has MBA, is pro-modern education

[Lalit Ambardar]

He has started off with a positive impression.A lot depends on how he manages obscurants.Though quite a bit late yet Deoband's recent fatwa against terrorism  & statement  on   Kashmir turmoil that irked the Kashmiri pan Islamists across the board, was indeed  encouraging.
Rgds all
 LA
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> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:47:05 +0530
> From: javedmasoo at gmail.com
> To: reader-list at sarai.net
> Subject: [Reader-list] Deoband head has MBA, is pro-modern education
> 
> This is a very good sign. One hopes that the media highlights such
> positive stories about Muslim community rather than simply their
> fatwa-mongering.
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> 
> Deoband head has MBA, is pro-modern education
> Yagnesh Mehta,
> TNN, Jan 18, 2011
> 
> SURAT: Maulana Gulam Mohammad Vastanvi, a cleric who holds an MBA from
> Maharashtra and has been feted for introducing modern education at a
> madrassa in Akkalkuwa in Nandurbar, has been elected vice-chancellor
> of Darul Uloom Deoband.
> 
> Vastanvi was selected on January 10 after the death of Maulana
> Marghoob Rahman, who was Mohtamim (vice-chancellor) of the institution
> for 30 years.
> 
> For the first time in the 200 years of Darul Uloom Deoband, a Gujarati
> has taken the top post. Vastanvi belongs to Vastan village in Surat
> district and studied at a seminary at Tadkeshwar near Kim. He got his
> Aalim and Faazil degrees from the Tadkeshwar seminary itself.
> 
> Born and brought up in the tribal-dominated and economically backward
> area of the state, Vastanvi chose to work in tribal areas of
> Maharashtra. After completing his studies, the cleric taught at
> Kantharia for nearly a decade before setting up the reputed Jamia
> Islamia Ishaatul Uloom at Akkalkuwa in Maharashtras Nandurbar
> district.
> 
> The Jamia in Akkalkuwa offers various courses in engineering,
> medicine, pharmacy and education apart from other regular and
> short-term courses. The introduction of modern education was
> Vastanvi's initiative.
> 
> The model has been replicated in other parts of Maharashtra. The
> science stream has recently been introduced in Jamia's associated
> centre in Kosamba in south Gujarat. For these efforts, Vastanvi was
> also given "Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad" Award by the Maharashtra
> government.
> 
> Having bagged one of the most respected posts among Islamic clerics,
> Vastanvi said: "It's a great opportunity for me to work for a most
> respected institution. It is a proud moment for a Gujarati too as for
> the first time a Gujarati has become vice-chancellor of Dar-ul-Uloom.
> Maulana Marghoob Rahman had worked for the Dar-ul-Uloom for 30 long
> years and keeping his contributions in mind, I will work for the
> institute," he added.
> 
> Vastanvi's election was celebrated in Tadkeshwar during his recent
> visit to the village where he studied. Several Islamic clerics from
> the region and villagers of all faiths attended his felicitation.
> 
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Deoband-head-has-MBA-is-pro-modern-education/articleshow/7308404.cms
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