Madrasa Mafia Active

Metro News/ Hyderabad : Madrasas in Hyderabad have become a source of easy money for opportunists who are exploiting the soft corner that many people have towards them. Most of the people who establish such Madrasas are from Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. Even the students are brought from other states, mostly from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. As city people have been making liberal donations, such ‘institutions’ have mushroomed in   the city.   

Madrasas in City
-Nearly 350 small Madrasas are functioning in city most of which are established by outsiders
-Madrasa mentors draining lakhs of rupees in the name of donations
-Almost all the Madrasas have their own building
-Number of bigger Madrasas is about 20 which collect huge amount of donations, alms, zakat from the businessmen and general public
-Number of students do not cross even 10,000
-Most of the students are outsiders

In a survey conducted in different places in the city revealed that in the Old city, there are two Madrasas for every five kilometers. Most of the Madrasas, which should teach the basic Islamic teachings, are now apparently deviating from that purpose. One such Madrasa is located Old Malakpet. It is being run in a three room rented home and with 57 children most of them hailing from other states. Some students from sub urban areas were also in it. Care taker of the Madrasa said that yearly expenditure of it is Rs 11 to 12 lakhs which is provided by the generous people.

Another one is located at Yakut Pura area which is being run from a double storied building from 1998. Established in the year 1993, it has 150 students most of them from Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and other states. Monthly expenditure of this Madrasa is Rs 1 lakh. According to the chief patron of it, the yearly expenditure is nearly Rs 1 lakh. 

Lack of audit system & blind belief is leading to the mushrooming of such Madrasas 

All the expenditure is being met by people staying nearby. Most of the students studying here are from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and other states. Several Muslim scholars said that taking advantage of public goodwill towards these centres, several opportunists have started their ventures in the city. A local preacher and Islamic scholar Wasimul Haq said that lack of audit system and blind belief of people is leading in mushrooming of such make shift Madrasas in the city. Several other Ulema (clerics) opined that such Madrasas would keep changing their places in city. 

They don’t remain at one place. Abdul Ahad, a care taker of Madarsa, said that people have to identify fake Madrasas before giving any kind of financial aid to them. He said that people in Hyderabad proved to be more generous towards helping religious institutions and several bogus Madrassas sprouted in the city exploiting the situation. People donate huge amounts to Madarsas and also provide several other things like furniture, necessary items and other basic needs of the school.