Should Islamiat be banned?

Islamiat, or Islamic Religious instruction was introduced into the school curriculum by the late Pakistan president Zia ul Haq as a part of his Islamization campagin in Pakistan.

But is this really the way to go forward? Is Islam really something where it is more important to know stuff about Islam rather than implement its teachings? Is getting an A in Islamiat really a certificate of being a good Muslim?

In my humble opinion these are all important questions that we must answer. Similarly contrast Islamiat with any other subject taught in school eg. Physics or Economics. Both subjects are precursors to the career tracts taken in University and then later in the Job field. On the other hand, we have Islamiat, a subject filled with important information, but which hardly gets replicated later on in life. Hence factually and sadly most of what we learnt in Islamiat, beyond what we utilise in daily life, will be forgotten. So in the essence isn't the whole purpose of studying Islamiat defeated?


Its, thus better to have tools that can help us later on in life as well. In this regard I suggest that Islamiat be replaced with Quranic Arabic. Have basic religious instruction in primary school and replace o level Islamiat with Quranic Arabic so that instead of forgetting everything we know, the students can at least take something forward for the rest of there lives and hence provide a much better understanding of the Quran and other aspects of Islam.