Downfall of Muslims:
The Muslims kept themselves aloof from western education as
well as government service. But their compatriots, the Hindus, did not do so. They accepted the new rulers without reservation. They acquired western education, imbibed the new culture and captured positions hitherto filled in by the Muslims. If this situation had prolonged, it would have done the Muslims an irreparable loss. The man to realize the impending peril was Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan (1817 to 1898), a witness to the tragic events of 1857. His assessment was that the Muslims safety lay in the acquisition of western education and knowledge. He took several position steps to achieve this objective. He founded a college at Aligarh to impart education on western education lines. Of equal importance was the Anglo-Muhammadan Education Conference, which the sponsored in 1886, to provide an intellectual forum to the Muslims for the dissemination of views in support of western education and social reform. Similar were the objectives of the Muhammadan Literary Society by Nawab Abdul Latif (1828 to 1893), but its activities were confined to Bengal.
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan; The Great Reformer:
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was averse to the idea of Muslims participation in any organized pilitical activity which, he feared, might revive British hostility towards the Muslims. He also disliked Hindu-Muslim collaboration in any joint venture. His disillusionment in this regard primarily stemmed from the Urdu-Hindi controversy of the late 1890s when the Hindu enthusiasts vehemently championed the cause of Hindi in place of Urdu. He, therefore, opposed the Indian National Congress, when it was founded in 1885, and advised his community to abstain from its activities.
Syed Ameer Ali:
The contemporary of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and a great scholar os Islam. Syed Ameer Ali (1849 to 1928) shared his views about the Congress, but he was not opposed to Muslims organizing themselves politically body, he Central National Muhammadan Association. Although, its membership was limited. it had above fifty branches in different parts of the Sub-continent and it had accomplished some solid work for the educational and political uplift of the Muslims. But its activities waned towards the end of the 19th century.
The Muslims kept themselves aloof from western education as
well as government service. But their compatriots, the Hindus, did not do so. They accepted the new rulers without reservation. They acquired western education, imbibed the new culture and captured positions hitherto filled in by the Muslims. If this situation had prolonged, it would have done the Muslims an irreparable loss. The man to realize the impending peril was Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan (1817 to 1898), a witness to the tragic events of 1857. His assessment was that the Muslims safety lay in the acquisition of western education and knowledge. He took several position steps to achieve this objective. He founded a college at Aligarh to impart education on western education lines. Of equal importance was the Anglo-Muhammadan Education Conference, which the sponsored in 1886, to provide an intellectual forum to the Muslims for the dissemination of views in support of western education and social reform. Similar were the objectives of the Muhammadan Literary Society by Nawab Abdul Latif (1828 to 1893), but its activities were confined to Bengal.
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan; The Great Reformer:
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan was averse to the idea of Muslims participation in any organized pilitical activity which, he feared, might revive British hostility towards the Muslims. He also disliked Hindu-Muslim collaboration in any joint venture. His disillusionment in this regard primarily stemmed from the Urdu-Hindi controversy of the late 1890s when the Hindu enthusiasts vehemently championed the cause of Hindi in place of Urdu. He, therefore, opposed the Indian National Congress, when it was founded in 1885, and advised his community to abstain from its activities.
Syed Ameer Ali:
The contemporary of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and a great scholar os Islam. Syed Ameer Ali (1849 to 1928) shared his views about the Congress, but he was not opposed to Muslims organizing themselves politically body, he Central National Muhammadan Association. Although, its membership was limited. it had above fifty branches in different parts of the Sub-continent and it had accomplished some solid work for the educational and political uplift of the Muslims. But its activities waned towards the end of the 19th century.
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