Mind the gap: is lack of education the main reason for extremism in the Maldives?
30 Sep 2010, 7:17 PM
Azra Naseem
“Extremism spreads because extremism is being taught, not because of inadequacies in the education system,” Minister of Education Dr Musthafa Luthfy told Minivan News.
“Extremism is a form of teaching in itself, and it is being taught by some people,” Dr Luthfy said. “It is not in the schools that it is taught, but outside of them.”
He said Islamic Affairs Minister Dr Abdul Majyd Abdul Bari was right in saying yesterday that extremism might be spreading because proper religious education is missing from the curriculum.
“Proper religious education,” Dr Luthfy said, “is very difficult to define. It means different things to different people.”
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