Posted on 09/17/2014 5:22:29 AM PDT by markomalley
Some 40,000 students have been forcibly enrolled in Islamic religious schools against their families' will, in Islamic religious schools, according to independent media reports Tuesday.
According to leading independent daily Taraf, the new school year has started amid controversy after thousands of families refused to send their children to religious schools and demanded their transfer.
So-called Imam-hatip religious schools have multiplied under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamic AKP party, which has been in power since 2002. The opposition has accused Erdogan of seeking to 're-islamize' the country's institutions.
Many students from the Alavi minority, a liberal branch of Islam which does not identify itself with the Sunni majority in Turkey, have been enrolled in these schools.
Taraf reported that the Alevi community has denounced an attempt to be forcibly ''assimilated'' by the majority.
Education Minister Nabi Avci has also recently announced that all schools in the country will have prayer rooms, sparking a controversy. Avci however said praying will not be mandatory in schools.
The European Court of Human rights has recently condemned Turkey for introducing over the past few years mandatory courses on Sunni Islam in all schools.
“.......forcibly enrolled in Islamic religious schools”..
Amazing how the headline left off the identification of the TYPE of schools being “ISLAMIC”.
The way things have changed here in the US, public schools should be labeled as “Socialist” in lieu of “public”.
Well, we were all forced to enroll in obamacare. No difference really.
If this were ever brought up at a press conference, Obama (or Josh Earnest) would make the point that "Islamic" is different from "IslamIST."
Madrass attendance mandatory for religious totalitarians…kind of like public indoctrination centers by secular totalitarians in the U.S.A. (United Socialists of America).
Homeschool option BUMP!
choice
They are also called “CHARTER” schools. Check out the number of charter schools in historic Philadelphia run by kenny Gamble. the following article will reveal how the new Raza head of HUD will fulfill his agenda in the next two years.
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2007/11/is-kenny-gamble-building-a-muslim-only
It’s Turkey. No need to belabor the obvious.
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