Role of the family and head teachers against curbing extremism in students
Some prominent Somali Islamic scholars pinpointed the necessity of families and head teachers to play important role in averting extremism among students.
The scholars were speaking at a forum for exchanging Islamic knowledge organized by Irshad Centre for Conceptualization and attended by several Somali Islamic scholars.
Speaking in the event Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad the head of Somalia religious leader expressed the desire for families to be vigilant of their children. He also encouraged the schools to educate them with good Islamic knowledge in order to avert fanatical tendency.
“If the general political landscape of the country is not stable enough and the families struggling with daily bread, it will be hard to tackle this issue well. We need everybody to play its role and abandon this feeling of impartiality by some people. Unfortunately only few discuss this matter” said Sheik Salad.
Sheikh Salad insinuated the right arenas that this topic to be discussed are really depicting ignorance of the matter especially the schools and the mass media are in neutral mode except government media while the rest are avoiding the subject completely.
The director of Irshad centre for conceptualization Abdirahman Sahal who is also among the Somali scholars cited his organization’s readiness to carry out such debate especially on religion matters for the Somali community. He also touched on the susceptibility of the youth to extremism due to their limited understanding and feeble minds thus the need for families and schools to step in to avoid this issue.
“The curriculums have to the springboard of Islamic religion; the students need to be taught Islamic history like how and when Islam arrived in Somalia and how their forefathers propagated the religion across many regions in the continent” said Director Sahal.
Generally the scholars stressed on the high need to teach students on the crucial elements of Islamic religion in order not to be influenced by external issues that will lead them to fanatical activities.
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