Islamabad: With the aim to create ‘good Muslims’, Pakistan Senate recently imposed a compulsory Arabic learning measure at the school level in Islamabad which has garnered criticism from the opposition.
The Arabic Language bill passed earlier this year, made the teaching of the Arabic language compulsory in primary and secondary schools of Islamabad. The Senate of Pakistan stated the learning Arabic language will make it easier for them to read Quran and offer our prayers because they are in Arabic, Naya Daur news reported.
However, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Raza Rabbani has opposed the bill stating that his “civilization is not Arabic, rather it is Indus”.
“Arabic must not be set as the ultimate standard to judge ‘religious credentials’ of Pakistani Muslims. Faith should not be made the hostage to mastery over a specific language,” the senator said.
Sulman Ali, in an opinion piece in Naya Daur covered the basics of the Arabic language bill stating the motif…