Bangladesh to remove Jihad from madrasa textbooks


The National Committee on Militancy Resistance and Prevention believes several chapters of the madrasa textbooks could have motivated students to participate in militant activities.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Dhaka Tribune
By Manik Miazee | October 25, 2017

Bangladesh has three types of madrasa education system-- Alia, Qawmi and Hifz

The new textbooks of the Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board will not contain any chapters with lessons on Jihad, for the first time in nearly four decades.

The Bangladesh Madrasa Education Board – also known as the Alia Madrasa Education Board – is one of three types of madrasa education system in Bangladesh, alongside Qawmi and Hifz.

Since the inception of the board in 1979, chapters on Jihad were included in the madrasa textbooks from class VIII to degree level.
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