ANKARA (AA) – The Muslim community in Belgium is contesting new sexuality education methods in schools, according to a statement. “This decision seems to confront the universal and inviolable values of the familial education framework, and the interests of the students and their families,” Muslim associations said in a statem...
Since their return to power in August 2021, Taliban administration has banned education of women, triggering widespread condemnation ISTANBUL (AA) – Calling education a “shared need of Muslims,” the interim Taliban administration on Monday urged “patience” on the issue of girl’s education in Afghanistan. “Girls’ education is a need...
ANKARA (AA) – More than 60 Muslim girl students refused to remove their abaya at schools, the French education minister said on Tuesday. Gabriel Attal said in an interview with RMC that the abaya, a loose full-length robe worn by Muslim women as a sign of modesty, was recently banned in schools due to the […]
Damascus, Syria – AFP Nearly four million Syrians students in government-controlled areas returned to school Sunday, braving the effects of war, a devastating earthquake and a deep economic crisis. But many children do not have classrooms to go to in a country where many educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed and 90 percen...
Parents of diverse religious backgrounds in Maryland had filed a lawsuit against the Montgomery County Board of Education’s policy change ANNAPOLIS, Maryland – A district judge in Maryland has denied parents’ petition against an education policy change that removed parents’ right to opt their children out of LGBTQ+-related cl...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A school in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where a teacher reportedly encouraged students to slap a Muslim classmate, has been ordered shut until an investigation against the authorities is completed. The teacher has been booked and an investigation into the case is underway, Education Officer Shubham Shukla said ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) — Uprooted from their ancestral lands, a group of young Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh are trying to keep their heritage alive among their community’s children and teenagers. Mohammed Rezuwan Khan, 26, is one of those high school graduates, shunned from higher education in his native Rakhine, a state in western ...
In a video posted on social media, UAE billionaire says, his organization had arranged education of 100 Afghan women in Dubai DUBAI, UAE – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have prevented some 100 women from boarding a plane to Dubai. They had been sponsored by a UAE billionaire to study in a university. Khalaf Ahmad al […]
Petitioners allege that policy discriminates against Asian American students based on race WASHINGTON – A group of parents and students have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the admissions policy of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). The petitioners allege that the policy discriminat...
Institution will be supervised by Bangsamoro Education Ministry and will offer courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is set to open its first Islamic institute of higher learning, the Kuliyyah Institution in Buluan. The institution will be supervised by the Bangsamoro Education Minist...
