Like Teacher, Like Student
Several studies indicate high school teachers of Islamic religion and their students lack tolerance. Islamic spirituality is believed to have been one of its entryways.
June 8, 2011
SURPRISING stories were revealed at the Teachers of Islamic Education Conference in Jember, at the end of 2006. Farha Ciciek, 48, then-director of Rahima, joined the meeting.
In the discussion, according to Ciciek, a number of teachers complained about some of their students’ ‘strange’ behavior. “They refused to perform ablutions as they were averse to opening headscarves before their schoolmates,” said Ciciek last week. These students
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