Only 4% of Mogadishu’s schools are run by the government.
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Madrassas don’t just provide an education that may lead to terrorism. They provide critical financial support to impoverished people.
Should South Africa’s military get involved, it would be venturing into a highly violent and complex landscape, requiring a counter-terrorism type of operations.
Madrasas, or Islam-centered schools, have long spread knowledge and literacy throughout the Muslim world. However, can they prepare students for today’s tech-based economies?
British Muslims have mixed emotions about the motives behind moves to inspect madrasas.
Dubbing Islamic supplementary schools as incubators for extremism and intolerance could be counter-productive.
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Associate Professor and Director, Centre for the Study of Education in Muslim Contexts, UCL
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Affiliated Faculty of Bioethics, Religion, and Society, Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University
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