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President Mohamed Nasheed has said the lack of educational opportunities in the country has led to some Maldivians studying in radical madrassas in Pakistan.
His comments were made during his recent three-day state visit to India, where speaking to Indian officials, he said around 150 Maldivians were currently studying in madrassas in Pakistan, with about 40 studying in radical madrassas.
The president appealed to the Indian government to provide more educational opportunities to Maldivian students, in particular at leading universities, to prevent them from studying at extremist institutions.
Back in Male’, Mohamed Zuahir, press secretary at the president’s office, has said that some young people do “end up in places unknown to their parents” which is why the president made the appeal to the Indian government.
The solution, he said, was to create more educational opportunities both here and abroad as well as to diversify education so that students have the option of getting a religious education in the Maldives.
Dr Mustapha Lutfi told Minivan News on Monday that students who do not have the opportunity to study in other institutions or do not get scholarships may end up in charitable organisations such as madrassas.
He added he hoped the growth of more educational opportunities, including religious studies and subjects in Arabic would prevent students from studying at madrassas in the future.
But, he said, “Some people like studying religion and they like studying religion in other countries.”
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Maldives: Students in radical madrassas in Pakistan.
President Mohamed Nasheed has said the lack of educational opportunities in the country has led to some Maldivians studying in radical madrassas in Pakistan.
His comments were made during his recent three-day state visit to India, where speaking to Indian officials, he said around 150 Maldivians were currently studying in madrassas in Pakistan, with about 40 studying in radical madrassas.
The president appealed to the Indian government to provide more educational opportunities to Maldivian students, in particular at leading universities, to prevent them from studying at extremist institutions.
Back in Male’, Mohamed Zuahir, press secretary at the president’s office, has said that some young people do “end up in places unknown to their parents” which is why the president made the appeal to the Indian government.
The solution, he said, was to create more educational opportunities both here and abroad as well as to diversify education so that students have the option of getting a religious education in the Maldives.
Dr Mustapha Lutfi told Minivan News on Monday that students who do not have the opportunity to study in other institutions or do not get scholarships may end up in charitable organisations such as madrassas.
He added he hoped the growth of more educational opportunities, including religious studies and subjects in Arabic would prevent students from studying at madrassas in the future.
But, he said, “Some people like studying religion and they like studying religion in other countries.”
Continue reading here
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Nine Maldivians have been arrested with weapons near the Pakistani-Afghan border, the minister of defence and national security has revealed. According to Ameen Faisal, none of the detainees had criminal records, but Minivan News has learnt that one,...
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In the aftermath of the seaborne attack on Mumbai, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed yesterday warned of an increased threat of militants using the seas to launch attacks in the future. Nasheed, who held talks with Indian leaders on Wednesday, told a...
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Before the 2000 election, back when President Clinton was the one bombing Islamist terrorists and Osama bin Laden was not yet the monomaniacal obsession of George W. Bush, The New York Times was willing to publish straightforward reporting on the...