“Bad effects” if Dhivehi and Islam made optional, warns State Islamic Minister
26 May 2010, 7:09 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
State Islamic Minister Sheikh Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed has warned on the Adhaalath Party website that making Dhivehi and Islam optional subjects at A-Level would risk “bad effects” to the country.
Shaheem said that changing the subjects from compulsory to optional was one of the biggest disputes regarding the new developing school curriculum.
”In my view it would wiser to instead revise the school curriculum and keep Islam and Dhivehi as compulsory subjects,” said Shaheem.
He recommended that A-Level Islamic studies be improved through the inclusion of topics such as ‘human rights in Islam’, ‘freedom of expression in Islam’, and ‘the Quran and science.’
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