Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind’s Rashidi said the SC upheld the Act while protecting the spirit of the Constitution.”This is a very big message. Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind welcomes this,” he said.”If the government wants that there should be some improvement in modern education in madrassas, then we can sit together and discuss it. But if it imposes something unconstitutional, then it will be fought legally,” he added.All India Shia Personal Law Board spokesperson Maulana Yasoob Abbas said madrassas have played an important role in the country’s independence struggle and given the country many bureaucrats and ministers.”We welcome the way the Supreme Court has found the Act correct and justified.Madrassas have played an important role in the independence of the country.Madrassas have given us many IAS, IPS, ministers and governors.”It is wrong to look at madrassas with suspicion. If any madrassa is going on the wrong path, then action should be taken against it but not all madrassas should be looked at with suspicion,” Abbas said.There are about 17 lakh madrassa students in Uttar Pradesh.Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said the SC order has ended the uncertainty over the future of madrassas.”The Supreme Court’s important decision declaring the UP Madrassa Education Board Act, 2004 legal and constitutional is welcome.With this, the controversy surrounding madrassa education in Uttar Pradesh and the uncertainty over the future of thousands of madrassas will end. It is important to implement it (court order) properly,” she said in a post on X.She further said the SC verdict will also ensure recognition of Uttar Pradesh madrassas and their smooth functioning.
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