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Afghanistan/South Asia
Registration of seminaries made compulsory
2005-08-18
PESHAWAR — The registration of religious madrassas (seminaries) in NWFP has been made compulsory by the signing of the North-West Frontier Province Societies Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 yesterday.

The amendment ordinance, which was signed here by Governor Khalil-ur-Rehman, includes a new section called “ Registration od Deeni Madarsi” and has been added to the Societies Registration Act, 1860. According to an official handout, the amendment makes it compulsory that “all religous schools cannot operate in the province without being registered under this act and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act in addition to what is provided in its existing relevant sections”.
No home-schooling in Peshawar!
The amendment makes it incumbent upon all seminaries that they should submit annual report their activities and performance to the registrar. Similarly, every religious school shall also have to maintain accounts of its actual expenses and receipts and is obliged to conduct audit of its accounts by an auditor and submit its audited accounts to the registrar. The amendment also bars all such schools in the province from publishing “any literature which promotes militancy or spreads sectarian or religious hatred”. Leaders of ruling Mutahida Majlise Amal, however, have expressed certain reservations about the new law about the new amendment.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  ???
Posted by: Rosemary   2005-08-18 10:44  

#2  Once Perv is deposed, this ordinance can be used to make sure all schools teach Salafist extremism.
Posted by: Jackal   2005-08-18 08:35  

#1  Wow!Thats all I can say.
Posted by: raptor   2005-08-18 06:55  

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