Friday, August 31, 2012

Religious Education in Egypt: A Fixer-Upper


With the Islamists now in power in Egypt, and Tunisia, it is expected that a gradual move to make religious education more conservative and less "secular" (you can replace secular by scientific, liberal or reason based). A new Carnegie paper provides a detailed analysis of the problem, its impact and the way forward. Excerpts:


Image: AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen