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While the United States continues its warlike and zealous approach other things, English language methodology of teaching and comtowards Muslims, at the same time it is engaging in a covert pro- puter studies. The six months programme is being undertaken at
gramme to reshape Muslim institution particularly the madrassah the Ummul Qura Education Centre, Park Road at the tune of Sh1.8
(Islamic schools.) And in this programme, Uncle Sam has found million. Besides this, beneciaries who include the association chairwilling partners in the form of some Muslim organisations which are man Sheikh Abdallah Mbwana receive a monthly subsistence allowfacilitating the success of the programmes, The Friday Bulletin can ance to cater for their transportation and scholastic needs. Some of
now reveal after months of investigations.
the tutors are sourced from the United States International University
This is part of a policy began in May 2003 after the Bush admin- (USIU).
istration announced an education initiative to focus on education in According to sources, the Americans have commended the proIslamic communities. Kenya was one of the ve
gramme which they say has been successIn Nairobi, Al-Wahda Muslim
African countries selected to participate in the
ful and now it is planned for expansion to
new Islamic Education Initiative which targeted Teachers Association is furthering other towns like Kisumu, Garissa and Nathe American cause
at reforming the Islamic schools. But after inikuru. Earlier, there was scepticism about
tial attempts were strongly opposed by Muslim
the project which has received strong opleaders in the country who argued that the proposition from Muslim communities in many
gramme was aimed at diluting Islamic teachings
Muslim countries.
with unIslamic values, another strategy was adopted- to use Muslims The rst batch of students are almost through with their studies and
themselves to further the reforms.
another intake is planned for new students who according to our
A number of organisations in Nairobi and Mombasa were approached sources have to be members of the Teachers association.
to partner with the United States embassy in a plan which eventually Similar programmes are also being undertaken in Mombasa where
aimed at bringing drastic changes to the age-old madrassa system.
the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has
In Nairobi, Al-Wahda Muslim Teachers Association is furthering the supported various madrassas in Kwale district. Among other organiAmerican cause. Ironically, Al-Wahda, among other goals was formed sations, USAID is working with the Madrassa Resource Centre (MRC)
to enhance madrassa education to fall in conformity with Islamic to further the programme which targets nursery school teachers.
guidelines.
The embassy has also identied several Muslim schools in Nairobi
To lay down ground works for the eventual success of the programme, to support them in improvement on the performance in national exContinued To Page 2
more than 30 madrassa teachers are being facilitated to learn among
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called moderate Muslim nations, foundations, and reform groups-to promote what they say is shared values of democracy.
In at least two dozen countries, Washington has quietly funded Islamic radio and TV shows, coursework in Muslim schools, Muslim
think tanks and political workshops.
According to a senior CIA ofcial, the agency is receiving an exponential increase in money, people, and assets to help it inuence
Muslim societies.
U.S. ofcials are working quietly through third parties to train madrasah teachers to add English language, math, science, civics,
and health to their curriculum, according to US News. In a bold
move to inuence the direction of Islam, Washington since 9/11 has
quietly funded a variety of projects that promote a so-called moderate interpretations of the Quran.
Ultimately, the programme aims to weed out what they say are
radical teachings from the Quran and the teachings of Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) taught in madrassas. It is these
teachings which are blamed on the rising of extremism and fundamentalism among Muslims.
In May 2003, the Bush administration announced an education
initiative to focus on education in Islamic communities. Kenya was
one of the ve African countries selected to participate in the new
Islamic Education Initiative.
ious moments.
Writing to Kenyan authorities, her brother Sabri said not only have
her human rights been abused, she has been denied even the most
basic rights of any individual as a suspect. On March 27, a Swedish
detainee, 17-year-old Saa Benaouda, was also freed from Ethiopia.
She was among those deported by Kenyan authorities. She is exhausted, her face is yellow and shes lost about 10 kilograms, her
mother, Helena Benaouda, a 47-year-old Muslim convert who heads
the Swedish Muslim Council, wrote on a Web site she set up to help
secure her daughters release. She was beaten with a stick when
she demanded to go to the toilet.
Islamic Banking
This is the rst part of a four-part series on Islamic Banking By Abdullatif Essajee, a lecturer at
University of Nairobi and a member of the Jamia Mosque Commitee-Nairobi
Perspectives
Knowledge is not
what is memorised,
knowledge is what
benets
Imam Shaee
Saturday Lecture
While President Mwai Kibaki after his recent trip to Saudi Arabia called for
Middle East businessmen to come and invest in Kenya, Mombasa politician Hassan Joho Hassan is advising Arabs not to visit the country citing
growing risk of harassment. Joho said in the present situation where many
Muslims were being hounded on terrorism allegations, it would be unwise
for Arabs to visit the country as their foreign nationality would generate more
suspicioun about their activities. I dont advise Arabs or Muslims to go to
Kenya, as these terror arrests have escalated since the start of the conict
in Somalia. Kenya is not a welcoming destination these days, he told a
weekly United Arab Emirates tabloid Xpress.
The politician pointed to a case last year where three Arab tourists from the
United Arab Emirates were hounded by the terror police on alleged links to
terrorism. It was only after his personal intervention that they were saved
from what would have been a gruesome ordeal.
The same sentiment were echoed by a Nairobi businesswoman Millie Muthoni Gakuo who was arrested in Malindi while in the company of three
Arab investors. Though Kenya has been good in the past, with the way its
treating people now, I would not advise anyone to come here and be mistreated and deported to a war-torn country like Somalia.
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