4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN

4. TWO DAYS IN NIZAMUDDIN ~ 108 ~ perform chillas. At times it becomes difficult to distinguish them from the students educated in Arabic schools. They have become more courteous and show more respect for one another than before. Even before leaving for the examination halls, they go to the mosque to pray to God to help them. There has never before been such a spiritual atmosphere in Aligarh, although theology has always been taught as a compulsory subject at the university. Considering the transformation that the students at Aligarh Muslim University have undergone, a solution to the grave problems facing our country’s younger generation is obviously in sight. The main problem is one of safeguarding our youth against the harmful influences of secular education. Nowadays the acquisition of a secular education on modern lines has become an inescapable necessity. This is not only because economics and allied subjects have come to the fore in the world of learning, but because, in the words of the Quran, it is the power of the day, and it is our duty to acquire it so that we may construct a worthy and stable national life. However, such traditions as have come