(MENAFN- Arab Times) KUWAIT CITY March 12: Religious Education Department Director at the Ministry of Education Dakheel Al-Enezi said many amendments have been done in the religious education curriculum such as updating the obsolete information.
Al-Enezi said the department is keen on providing students with the latest information deemed beneficial to their daily lives. He explained students coming out of any religious institute must be a person of integrity asserting that none of those who graduated from such institutes has been involved in extremism.
He explained the rationale behind updating the curriculum is for students to cope with rapid changes in the global arena. He said this was made possible through the formation of a committee chaired by a Kuwait University professor with supervisors heads of departments and teachers as members. He added there were also changes in the conditions for admission to religious institutes as well as the process of transferring from public schools to these institutes. He clarified these amendments are aimed at increasing the number of students in religious institutes.
Meanwhile while the Union of Faculty Members at Kuwait University (KU) sought the intervention of the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa in responding to the accusations pointed against them by Nabil Al-Loghani Secretary General of KU the latter reaffirmed he was accurate on his statement because he didn't generalize the allegation but said 'only a few of them had committed violations and excesses that may set obstacles in the path of the university' reports Al-Seyassah daily.
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He added it became imperative to put an end to excesses to prevent the expansion of corrupt activities in the university. He added the majority of components of the association are distinguished by good manners and values indicating Kuwait University is like any other institutional body and not an ideal environment where only 'saints' are found. In another development the ministries of Information Awqaf and Islamic Affairs as well as the Public Authority for the Publication of the Holy Qur'an has been under fire due to the alleged distortion of several Qur'an books. Sources said the customs officers have confiscated a shipment of tea coming from Iran where they found a number of distorted Holy Qur'an books indicating an investigation is ongoing to identify those behind the shipment. Sources disclosed there were six sailors on board the commercial boat when they reached Al-Doha Port.
Sources added the abovementioned institutions were also attacked after the confiscation of a number of praying chairs with non-Islamic symbols like the cross and another shipment of new distorted books of the Holy Qur'an coming from Iraq. Meanwhile a reliable source from Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs said the ministry is not in charge of importing Holy Qur'an books while the Ministry of Information is responsible for banning distorted Holy Qur'an books. Assistant Undersecretary for Mosques Affairs Waleed Al-Shuaib has refuted reports that the ministry imported chairs for carrying the Holy Qur'an with non-Islamic symbols. He added the ministry got information that some seats in a mosque were found to be marked with non-Islamic symbols. He said the sector immediately removed the seats clarifying a worshipper donated those items.
Meanwhile Undersecretary of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs head of Kuwait Pilgrim Affairs Dr Adel Al-Falah said the Saudi Ministry of Pilgrimage is firm on its decision to reduce the quota of pilgrims by 20 percent until the end of the expansion projects at the holy sites reports Al-Kuwaitiya daily. The disclosure was made during a recent discussion by Al-Falah and the Undersecretary of Saudi Pilgrimage Affairs noting Saudi authorities will intensify surveillance at the entrance and exit borders.
The Ministry of Education organized Wednesday a competition on traffic awareness entitled 'Your Decision Your Fate' as part of activities lined up for the GCC Traffic Week reports Al- Anba daily. The competition was under the auspices of Interior Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Major General Abdullah Al-Muhanna with the attendance of Assistant Undersecretary for Public Education at the Ministry of Education Dr Khalid Al- Rashid and other officials.
The competition attracted a large audience including journalists. In his speech Al-Muhanna praised the role of the Ministry of Education and all the people who contributed to the success of the GCC Traffic Week. In the meantime the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs emphasized in the sermon circulated for Jumah (Friday) prayer the need to strictly comply with traffic rules and regulations to protect lives and properties because doing so is part of obedience to the leadership while Almighty Allah will reward whoever guides against disaster reports Al-Seyassah daily.
The sermon indicates that 225 people died in 44437 traffic accidents within the first half of 2014 alone. It reminds reckless drivers and those who perform car stunt on roads that their lives do not belong to them and they should not regard lives of others as cheap. It also stressed that driving at top speed amounts to craziness and fatal error. It then quoted some clerics who said whoever died due to excessive speed committed suicide. It added every reasonable human being should understand that vehicles are meant to cover distances when going out on different missions. It urged everybody to appreciate their blessings by putting them into good use.
By: Abdurrahman Al-Shimmari Al-Seyassah Staff and Agencies
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