The Changing Era

Mada ris Center There is a need to establish a central institution under the name Madaris Center. This center will be a collective effort to achieve the goals that individual madrasas are currently striving to accomplish independently. 1. Creating Unity Among Madrasas: The first objective of the Madaris Center will be to foster an atmosphere of unity among madrasas. This center will act as a unifying thread for the various madrasas. The role of the Madaris Center will be to make this unity more effective and meaningful, functioning as the collective voice of madrasas. 2. Providing Access to Global Information: The present age is marked by an information explosion. For this reason, every major institution includes departments that keep it connected with contemporary knowledge and trends. One function of the Madaris Center will be to collect global information related directly or indirectly to madrasas and keep them informed. Among the characteristics of a believer described in Hadith is: “To be aware of their time.” (Sahih Ibn Hibban, Vol. 2, p. 78) The information division of the Madaris Center will fulfill this need for madrasa communities, equipping them with contemporary knowledge. 3. As is well known, the contemporary madrassa curriculum is broadly divided into two categories of knowledge: The first, ‘Uloom-e-Aaliyah, pertains exclusively to the core Islamic texts—the Quran and Hadith— and does not extend to their commentaries. These sacred texts are preserved in their original form and