Gulf states differ in implementing reforms of Islamic education

Posted by Robert on February 20, 2005 7:49 AM

This is doubtless proving so difficult because of the deep roots of the "Al Qaida ideology" in the Qur'an and Sunnah. From the [1] World Tribune, with thanks to Nicolei:

ABU DHABI – Gulf Arab states have agreed to reform Islamic education.

But the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council has not agreed on a uniform curriculum that would discourage Al Qaida ideology.

GCC officials said GCC education ministers discussed plans to reform Islamic education as part of a drive to stop the Islamic insurgency campaign in the region. The officials said the GCC ministers agreed to conduct a review of religious education and introduce changes.

"It's time to develop the syllabus of Islamic education," GCC secretary-general Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah said during the GCC meeting in Kuwait on Feb. 9. "This must be carried out by specialists among clerics, scholars and experts. I insist they must be moderates."


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2005/02/gulf-states-differ-in-implementing-reforms-of-islamic-education.html

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