Al-Azhar Grand Imam and Minister of Education Discuss Enhancing Teaching Arabic and Religious Education in Curricula

His Eminence the Grand Imam, Prof. Dr. Ahmed El-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, received today, Thursday, at Al-Azhar Sheikhdom, Mr. Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education.

During the meeting, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar stressed the necessity of adopting an educational strategy that takes into account the basic needs of our Arab youth, linking them to religious and moral values ​​and the Arabic language, in light of the flood of cultural invasion that aims to exclude religion and morals and to give priority to linking the young and youth to foreign languages ​​at the expense of their mother tongue, the Arabic language.

His Eminence also stressed the need to be aware of the cultural invasion that aims to pass some behaviors that conflict with our Islamic and Eastern values ​​through educational curricula, and that educational curricula should adopt warnings against societal diseases that are issued to us under the slogans of rights and freedoms such as homosexuality and transgenderism, and clarify the position of religion on them, in addition to strengthening belonging to the homeland, and raising awareness of the issues of the nation in the souls of the young and youth.

His Eminence also pointed out the need to pay attention to teaching the Arabic language, and raising students' skills in spelling and correct pronunciation, and developing their abilities to master the rules of the Arabic language, and write correctly.

For his part, the Minister of Education expressed his happiness to meet the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, stressing that the ministry is making great efforts to connect students with schools, and to consolidate the role of the school and the teacher in education and guidance, and is working to provide a distinguished educational service in light of the available capabilities, through the return of the role of the school as a main axis in educating students and guiding their behavior.

The Minister of Education also pointed out the Ministry's interest in teaching the Arabic language and religious education for their importance in shaping students' personalities and enhancing their sense of belonging to the homeland.

The meeting discussed ways to enhance the exchange of expertise between the two sides to develop Arabic language and religious education curricula in a way that achieves the desired goals of raising a generation that masters its mother tongue and consolidates the values ​​and principles of the true Islamic religion.