Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind opposes co-education

The Muslim body says non-Muslims should also not opt for it to "keep girls away from immorality and misbehaviour".

New Delhi Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Monday advocated setting up of separate schools and colleges for girls and said non-Muslims should also refrain from giving co-education to their daughters to "keep them away from immorality and misbehaviour". In a statement issued after the working committee meeting of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Maulana Arshad Madani faction), its chief Arshad Madani said the kind of religious and ideological confrontation that is playing out across the country cannot be countered by any weapon or technology, and the only way to counter it is to equip the new generation with higher education. He alleged that all post-independence governments had excluded Muslims from the field of education under a set policy.