The parliament has made the teaching of Arabic compulsory from class one onward in Islamabad's schools. Why? And why will this prove harmful to education and the country? English Version: • Forcing Arabic On to P...
I am biology teacher and i am forced to teach bioligy in the islamic perspective. I am not allowed to discuss evolution. When i start my lecture about biotechnology student start to murmur about ( استغفراللہ). Please make video about these issues
You are a rare intellectual that our country should revere... Keep up the good work, our country desperately needs academics like you to bring rationale into our thought process !
We Pakistani are suffering with inferior complex. Saudi Arabian Muslims will never accept us equal to them, doesn't matter we learn Arabic or not. Yemeni people speak perfect Arabic but face utmost discrimination in Saudi Arabia just because they're poor.
Learning a language should be an elective for students. (We had a choice of Persian or Arabic at Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur). Unless the Arabization brigade wants to keep the masses working as labor in these Gulf countries, there is no need for compulsory Arabic. Promote math and science as compulsory subjects if this country has a chance to come out of the third-world lifestyle.
After 70 years Pakistan is still searching for its own identity... And faltering in the endeavour miserably. How do people get such ideas... ? Very short sighted move. The language we speak is like the air we breathe, it's no different. It's only through directing the air in a specific way when we exhale we make sound & language.
European countries school children learn at-least one foreign language besides English. Means 3 languages: Native + English + Optional. Dr. sahib is making hue and cry on this; he should have known how Hebrew was revived from a dead language to National language. Arabic is part of Muslim civilisation and culture, why not he is accepting it, he is now enemy of his own mentor Eqbal Ahmad, what a pity.
We are so obsessed with enforcing other languages and suppressing our own. We lost Bangladesh because we wanted to suppress Bengali. Even our national anthem is all Persian.
@@imgguru1277 What he's trying to say is that we never promote our regional languages like sindhi punjabi pashto etc. Even urdu was not a native language of Pakistan, people from bengal never really connected with urdu and it was only shoved down their throats...
@@aziz1737 sure but I think at some point personal responsibility is also essential in something like this. I've spent most my life outside Pakistan but always made a point to speak Urdu and not just city slang but proper Urdu every chance I get. I love languages.
@@aziz1737 maine videos mai suna hai ki pakistani punjab mai log gharke bahar punjabi bolne mai sharm mehsoos karte hai...es liye ke dusra soche ga je anpad insaan hai..jab ke mai indian punjab se hu jaha har koi punjabi bol ke proud mehsoos karta hai.yahi hmari regional language hai
Greetings Dr Hoodbhoy. Have followed your very valuable opinions for many years. What a light at the end of the tunnel you are for those who believe in a modern progressive world and Pakistan. Keep up your good work ...you speak on the behalf of countless silent pragmatic voices . God Bless You.
When Nehru said "Hindi will be national language of India" Tamil Nadu not only rejected but they started to say we want tamilnadu a separate nation. Nehru gave equal importance to all languages.
As a muslim majority country it doesn't mean that we can only progress by learning Arabic. Arab ky log aap say Achi Arabic language ko samjtey Hain Kia vo aik ideal Muslims hian state away not at all It is pertinent to mention here that maximum Arab countries including Saudi Arabia their all educational institutions is running on modern English based learning system. By spending whole life teaching Quran Hadees our Molana didn't speak Arabic with Arabs. Ko nation apni language ki respect krti hay wahi nations my world may no 1 Hain like Germany, France, Australia, Russia, China America etc. Nations ki taraqi may education Foundation and pillars Ka kaam krti ha, Agar Pakistani educational system ko modernize and sab keleay equal nhi Kia Gaya to Bo waqt qareeb hay ky ham apni identity loose kr dain gai aur hamari new generations apny rich cultural moral ethics and history ko bhol kr world may only slaves say ziada inki koi hasiat nhi Hogi.
It makes much more sense to strengthen pakistani identity of students by providing deep understanding of urdu language and additionally teaching farsi to point out the development of the official language of pakistanis against the background of a past lingua franca. We should stop associating ourselves with the arab world and start identifying ourselves with our own history and language.
Although Arabic is language of Islam but it does not fulfill the need of strong education system today. The main topic is "Education" not Arabic. The senator should focus on modern Education which is the key to survive in the world
Urdu should be declared the sole official and national language of Pakistan. And, the Roman script for Urdu language should be adopted, so that Urdu language can easily be used for the medium of instruction and even at government and judicial level. Script doesn't make any difference to any language, so I think linguist should think about making modified form of Roman script for Urdu language. Turkish was also written in Perso-arabic script, but later Turkish government eliminated this script and implemented a modified form of Roman script which, in turn, surprisingly facilitated huge jump in literacy rate from 30% to 95% within a span of a year.👍
I'm sorry, I think Urdu should be made a little less important. Regional languages should be promoted as well as promoting Urdu. Whereas Roman script of Urdu is considered, I think it's an controversial issue, I'm not in support of this, I think that would be kind of cultural slavery, that decision was very unpopular, even among the moderate and secular Turks not to mention the religious Turks. English should be promoted as it's an international language.
@@maxpayne3628 Who told you English is an international language. English is natively spoken only in 5 countries, and these are UK, USA, Canada, Australia & New Zealand. Native language should be developed and promoted, where as English should be learned only as a second language.
Few years ago (not sure if still) news in Arabic used to be broadcast which hardly anyone would listen. Now how the students gonna learn and understand Arabic as for the last 73 years our students are still struggling to understand English. Instead of improving English and improving our educational standards, don’t know what we want to do.
I'm Indian and we never force anyone in India to learn any language. Language is very personal choice. Nothing wrong in learning Arabic. But truth is English is dominant language of world when it comes to science and engineering. So learning mothertongue and improving English should have highest priorities. After that, you can learn any extra language.
Janab you are among few Pakistanis who speak up their mind. It's unfortunate that the political class is so insensitive and irresponsible that it does not understand what it is doing to Pak. Please keep up speaking about what you think is right for Pak.May be someday they will realize. We this side of border want Pak to progress , trust me a very vast majority desire it.
Once I met an Arab guy who was head of a big institution, He told me "if Pakistani's learn to speak Arabic they will rule the whole middle East" currently Egyptians are working on big positions in middle east.learning any new language is a skill and learning any new skill make you superior to others.
There are countless Indians (Hindus) working at high positions in Middle East. Even White Europeans too. In fact, Burj Khalifa was built by non-Muslim European engineers. Science, engineering has nothing to do with religion/language. If Pakistanis have skill they will definitely triumph in world. Not because of religion/language.
100 % true said by Pervaiz-. Hoodbey. He is Pakistan's best brain and scientist. As long as we have people like him, we have a little better hope for the future of Pakistan.
عربی سے تجہ کو نفرت اور انگریزی سے محبت ۔۔۔۔۔هود بھائی پروپگنڈا اور دلیل کوئی نہیں ۔۔۔جو کام هود کو ای وو کرو ۔۔۔۔عربی سب ملکوں میں ایک ہے اور سب عرب جانتے ہیں۔ ۔اور پاکستان کی سن علما عربی بول سکتے ہیں ۔۔۔۔۔دوسرا هود لوگوں کو knfuz کر رہا ہے ۔اسلام ایک ہے ہےیو۔۔ ۔۔۔لہنت
I have a question if anybody wish to to US or UK then he will have to study english also. Further is not acceptance of pakistan that till date Pakistanis not understood the holy book quran..
Thing is we teach English forcefully so it makes it difficult to argue against forcing any other language. Though English is so mixed in urdu and popular culture which calls for an exception.
prof. hoodbhoy, is it possible that fawad choudhary and pakistani polity secretly believes that arabic is a better and more efficient computer programming language? 😀
Mr Hoodbhoy what would you say for new education policy of india wherein upto class 5th I think only the students will study their mother tongue or choice of language, after that only will be allowed as per the student's interest any stream out of science maths arts commerce geography.
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Stop Arabization of my region. I'm South Asian. My culture is Indian. I'm so scared of this Arabized brigade. They're gonna destroy us. Even Urdu is my second language. O bhai! Reham karo hum pay 🙏
The Pakistanis are predominantly of Indo-Aryan ancestry. Why don't Pakistanis acknowledge their ancestry and ancestral language, Samskrit and stop speaking a language with predominantly supplanted Parsi, Turkish and Arabi words rather than the indigenous Indo-Aryan words?
The analysis by PH is largely correct, and I concur with that. However, I'd much rather keep the study of Arabic as mandatory, particularly the classic Arabic aka Jahiliyyah Arabic. Muslims actually don't understand Quran. And they go through teachers who have a vested interest in reinterpreting Quran in light of traditions, rather than the other way round. I can tell you the core language can be learned very quickly by the Urdu speaker; Dr Israr created a six month course, and it is a good course, purely on pedagogical grounds. So my argument is that benefits exceed the costs.
@@Jam4ever-345 Thank you for your interest in my reply. The term Jahiliya is not necessarily pejorative. It is a synonym for classic Arabic. It simply refers to period before Islam.
Our children at the same time learn 4 languages 1. Punjabi 2. Urdu 3 Arabic 4. English. Is it beneficial as children can learn upto 7 different languages in a day? Or an extra load on our innocent Children?
I am an attorney in New york and have been practicing law for the last fifty years. I have visited at least fifty countríes Mr pervez is a noteable scholar and i agree with him more than hundred percent. The president of Egypt Jamal Abdul Nasir and king of Jordan Shah Hussain used to say that the people of sub- continent have diffrent style and approach of islam. Also the deceased head of famous religious institute has the same thoughts.
I am an Indian Muslim. If Pakistan is an Islamic country then Arabic language must be compulsory, Not just in Pakistan but in every country where Muslims are in majority.
Sir nothing wrong in learning a new language,but why it is made compulsory. I honestly don't understand . Anyhow internal matter of Pakistan,just hope all aspects are understood.
I suppose it's a good iniciative government has been taken as we are Muslims and our Religious language is Arabic,This is a great step that government of Pakistan has been implied in Nineteen Century So Every Pakistani must be familiar with Arabic Every Pakistani Muslim must be learn Arabic not only for religion purpose but also to become a good communicater
European countries school children learn at-least one foreign language besides English. Means 3 languages: Native + English + Optional. Dr. sahib is making hue and cry on this; he should have known how Hebrew was revived from a dead language to National language. Arabic is part of Muslim civilisation and culture, why not he is accepting it, he is now enemy of his own mentor Eqbal Ahmad, what a pity.
Sir Aap Islam Dushmani mein Arabic zaban pr tu itraz kr rahy hain , laikin es Chez pr video q nhi bnatey keh her traqi yafta mulk mein unki national language mein taleem hoti hai pr hamarey mulk mein English mein taleem q hoti hai?
Jinnah imposed urdu on pakistani people and sowed the seeds for the birth of Bangladesh. Now by imposing arabic , pak is taking to the same direction ! This law imposing arabic on pak people was writen , debated and passed in English !
I don't agree with the Arabic of the Quran being too complicated. Yes, modern Arabic, like any other modern languages has transformed quite a bit but understanding classic Arabic is not difficult at all.
Introducing Arabic is purely going to reduce sectarianism in terms of Quran Understanding. SECONDLY Arabic is one of the major languages to work in Arab Countries
Your own Prophet Muhammad was illiterate. Moreover, the father of Arabic grammar was born a hundred years after Muhammad's death. The vowels did not exist during Muhammad's time I don't know what you Pakistanis think learning Arabic will do to you. The "Rasm" of the Koran does not have vowels. It only has components. The vowels were added later, like in 1924 with the Cairo edition of the Koran.
A discussion by secularists and the initiative is politically motivated. The move to make learning Arabic mandatory is a good one but not for all the justifications offered by the government. It would benefit learning Urdu since Arabic is a major source language like Latin is to English. Above all, it would go some way toward enabling students to understand the Quran if not thoroughly. The employability argument though is not valid. What is valid is uncovering why local/regional languages are neglected. Surely, they deserve to be studied as well!
The indigo wolf. Thats what Pakistanis are trying to be. They say they are Turkish sometimes they want to be Arabic. They have forgotten that their forefathers were all Hindus, once upon a time forcibly converted to Islam. Also, does it matter what faith u believe in? At the end of the day there is only one god that everyone has a different imagination about. I think the nation needs to sit down, relook at its priorities, especially their duty towards the poor citizens of the country and work towards uplifting them, rather than keep creating nuisance in the name of religion.
When UAE is going to Mars,and Saudi Arabia doing things to educate all locals for all jobs in 30- 40 years when oil runs out and population can survive,how forward thinking it is to teach other language which is not universal,for a small nation to survive 30 years from now how for thought idea is this?
@@usmans9274 no sir I will rather go back in time, do nothing all day, just live like a caveman,and rely nature to provide me free food and accommodation in a cave
@@pinxtownington4645 at least the cavemen you are mocking probably had better moral values as compared to tge western moral values of today. All the progress and advancements in tech mean nothing if the society becomes morally corrupt.
@@usmans9274 moral? How do you guage it? And with what? Moral means be a good humanitarian,do good,and have a fruitful life thus the problem as it is there is very high unemployment and birth rate is not controlled, so with bad decisions,I worry how my grandkids will survive
@@pinxtownington4645 high prostitution, drugs rampant in society like cocaine, Marijuana, couples being unfaithful, alcohol addiction, kids disrespecting parents, parents not teaching kids properly, men and women dressing inappropriately, young people disrespecting elders, the list goes on and on. You will find all of these problems and much worse in Western countries.
1. labor, drivers, office staff ....low wage works .....all Pakistanis, Indians, etc end up learning Arabic in the middle east.........they need Arabic to communicate, they learn Arabic faster than English......
Oh my god..india me 1st se 10th STD tak sirf 2 languages sikhai jaati hai..apna mother tongue aur english...me bata du hindi b compulsory subject nehi hai whole india me..jabki 60% above indians hindi bol lete hai...india ke saare states me apne mother tongue ko leke alag hi craze hai...mujhe ye acha lagta hai...
@@AHMNZ It's not an strong argument. The thing is can we force any thing on children. No English No Arabic We need to give choice to students what they want to learn...
@Fareed Waseem Learning science is not the question at all. Here we talk about forcing language. If any student dont want to learn English why you people forcing English to him making English compulsory for him. We don't have a right to force any thing on students. We need to give right to students to leran language which they think is right for them. English Arabic French Spanish. No Arabic English. Please don't do hypocrisy these people like hoodbhoy always criticise molvis on arabic. But never ever criticise their own agenda on English.
I think Classical Arabic is not that problematic. My problem is not with this decision. It's an overall good decision. My problem is I think this an politically motivated decision in order to run away from other domestic issues which has not to be thought thoroughly hence the good things about this are almost negated. Is there an good classical Arabic teaching system? I recommend the darus ul lugahti Arabiyya, it's a very good book provided it has a good teacher. As a Kashmiri, I know an very good Arabic teacher locally who teachs in such a way that it's not even exhaustive and we used to love studying Arabic from him. I also think minorities should be exempt from this law. However, have they thought this thoroughly? That's the big question which Pakistanis should ask, practicing as well as non-practicing Muslims should ask this question.
