The State secretaries of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Rajasthan expressed their concern over increasing incidents of violence against Muslims and Dalits in the state. A resolution was passed in a state level meeting headed by state president Engineer Khurshid Husain, held at the organisation’s state office in Jaipur, a statement said on 26 October.
The secretaries were worried that people are losing faith in law and order, hence taking law in their own hands, which was obvious by the recent incidents of violence in the country, including Rajasthan.
The office bearers were astonished by the irresponsible statements of the political and religious leaders who justified those heinous murders of the Dalits and Muslims. The Jamaat Secretariat denounced such statements and demanded from the government to put check on such statements. Meanwhile, a series of violence has taken place in the state including Dangavas of Nagaur that claimed 5 lives and 12 injured among the Dalits (Meghwals), Birloka, Nagaur where an old man Abdul Ghafoor lost his life, Gandakya ki Dhani in Dantaramgarh of Sikar where a Dalit’s house was set afire rendering 9 people injured, Bhilwara where 20-year-old Islamuddin was killed by cutting his throat, Dungargarh in Bikaner, where two communities clashed during Muharram procession and shops looted and set ablaze.
Recently, Mr. Vasudev Devnani, Education Minister has announced that the RBSE will replace most of the lessons and poems by foreign authors for Class 1 to 12 with the Indian ones from the next academic session. The education ministry has appointed a committee for rewriting the syllabus for schools of Rajasthan.
The secretaries were deeply concerned over the intention of the government behind changing school syllabus. They were afraid that the government intended to communalise the education and harm the secular fabric of the state. Jamaat required the government to produce the draft of the proposed syllabus before the public for open discussion prior to its implementation. The Jamaat has warned that the public will not accept any syllabus if imposed.
Jamaat secretaries slammed the state government for fostering communalism through education and educational institutions.