In the name of Allah the most Beneficent and Merciful.
Science & Sectarianism
Sectarianism is
a big issue in Pakistan, and I don’t want to go into its negative
ramifications, we are all aware of it. I, along with few other people, started
a yearlong software development course for ulema (graduates of our seminaries) in
2017. Details of this course are available at www.isdp.info During these years I became
acquainted with hundreds of ulema from all over Pakistan belonging to different
sects and madaris (seminaries). The program requires a certain level of English
and math. My initial presumption was that since these ulema deal with complex
calculations involving laws of inheritance they will have the required math
skills necessary for our program. But I was disappointed to find out that a
good portion of them could not calculate the average of the two numbers.
