Aneeq Ahmad, the federal minister for religious affairs and interfaith harmony, announced on Wednesday that the government was thinking of establishing masjid schools to combat illiteracy and prepare young Muslims for modern society by creating new curricula for them. He remarked that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had emphasised the need for knowledge acquisition in order for Muslims to remain competitive in today’s world. He asserted that education could guarantee Islam’s hegemony over other religions and that there were significant differences between the learned and the ignorant. He expressed his gratitude to the madaris, or seminaries, who preserved the Islamic spirit amidst shabby and depressing circumstances.