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| Iran sees some academic courses too "Western" |
| 2010-10-25 |
| [Al Arabiya] Iran will not allow its universities to begin teaching certain disciplines it deems too "Western" and existing courses will be revised, a senior Education Ministry was quoted as saying on Sunday. "Expansion of 12 disciplines in the social sciences like law, women's studies, human rights, ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... management, sociology, philosophy....psychology and political sciences will be reviewed," Abolfazl Hassani was quoted as saying in the Arman newspaper. "These sciences' contents are based on Western culture. The review will be the intention of making them compatible with Islamic teachings." Hassani said Iranian universities will not be allowed to open new departments in these disciplines and the curricula for existing departments would be revised. Iran's hard-line rulers accuse the West of trying to harm the Islamic state by influencing the country's young generation with "decadent" culture. Pointing to the enrolment of some 2 million out of a total of 3.5 million university students in the humanities, in August Iran's most powerful figure Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for modification of these studies. "Many disciplines in the humanities are based on principles founded on materialism disbelieving the divine Islamic teachings," Khamenei said in a speech reported by state media. "Thus such teachings...will lead to the dissemination of doubt in the foundations of religious teachings." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Lucky Elf-Geezer. * ION by this move, ISLAMIST IRAN + GOVT. is being criticized on the NET as crossing a line unto TOTALITARIANISM, which is interesting given the more potent aspects of Islamic Sharia law. SHARIA = "SUPER/TOTALITARIAN TOTALITARIANISM"??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-10-25 18:57 |
| #1 Don't you love their openess and quest for discovery and knowlege/sarc? On the other hand some of the courses mentioned are a little light in content and rigor. The 1st and 2nd year curriculum will consist of: History of Islam, Sharia law, The prophet's prophecy for islamic control of the world, controlling and subjugating your woman or women, Sharia Law II, III, IV, etc.; History of Islam II, III, IV, etc.; Theocracy in Government and Government in Theocracy. Third and 4th years are a repeat of the same. Graduate degrees are studies in more of the same. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-10-25 10:42 |