The strengths of Islamic "education"

Submitted by Ed Brophy (United States), Dec 29, 2005 at 13:25

I have never been inside an Islamic "school". However it is my understanding that it consists mostly of rote memorization of the Quaran. This process of dhikr (constant never-ending repetition of certain phrases) is hardly education. It is akin to the indoctrination I received as a young lad growing up in New England. I was forced to memorize "Paul Revere's Ride". To this day I'm still dead certain that Mr. Revere was the "greatest".

This, even after many years of non-rote style higher education using the methodologies of Socrates and Mr Aristotle.

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