Madrasas should be affiliated to CBSE or ICSE, says Shia Central Waqf Board chairperson
Religious education should be made optional, Waseem Rizwi suggested.

Madrasas should be affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education or the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, Shia Central Waqf Board Chairperson Waseem Rizwi told ANI.
Religious education should be made optional, Rizwi suggested, adding that his proposal would help make the “country even stronger”.
“I have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath about the matter,” Rizwi told the news agency.
The Shia Central Waqf Board was set up by the government to oversee governance, administration and supervision of auqaf, a description on its website states.
Madrasas should be affiliated to CBSE,ICSE, and allow non-Muslim students, religious education should be made optional. Have written to PM and UP CM in this regard.It will make our country even stronger: Wasim Rizvi,Shia Central Waqf Board pic.twitter.com/eJUINw7CiK
— ANI (@ANI) January 9, 2018