DOHA: A group of scholars and thinkers from the Arab and Muslim worlds called for reforming Islamic religious education and developing an educational model that would restore the nation’s glory and its civilized role, warning at the same time of the dubious calls that seek to strip the nation of its religion.
They pointed this out during the third session of the annual Ramadan Forum organised by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs that the nation provided a pioneering model during the early Islamic times when it established a world civilization based on sciences of religion and life sciences without separation or fission between them, QNA has reported.
Dr Adel Rafoush, who is the General Supervisor and Scientific Director of Foundation Ibn Tachafin for Contemporary Studies, Research and Intellectual Creation in the Kingdom of Morocco, stressed that the reform of religious education is a legitimate requirement and a necessity for life.
However, Rafoush warned of the dubious invitations that seek to destroy the origins of Islam and questioning the constants on the grounds of reform. He pointed out that these calls are based on “the reform of religion, not religious education, which threatens the nation’s existence.”
In turn, Islamic thinker from the Kingdom of Morocco Dr Essam Al Bashir Al Marrakshi explained a number of problems between the exact scientific specialization and the sciences of religion. He pointed out that religious education has returned to its natural path of connected it to modern scientific disciplines such as engineering, medicine and others.
Academic at Institute of Da’wa and Islamic Sciences in the State of Qatar Dr Abdul Salam Muqbel Al Majidi said that religious education is the basis of national security in all Islamic countries. He added that the calls to prevent it threaten the security of the nation, stressing the need to develop this kind of education for people who truly love their religion of love and peace.
