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Saudi Arabian schools set to teach Mahabharat and Ramayan
- Thread starter ronki23
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exchemist
Veteran Member
This story seems to be false:
Saudis clarify: No Ramayan and Mahabharata in Saudi Arabia’s national curriculum as of now
It seems to have arisen due to confusion between what can taught in international schools in KSA (i.e for expats working there) versus what is taught in the national curriculum.
Seems as though the Hindu nationalists in India went nuts over this story without checking it.
ronki23
Well-Known Member
This story seems to be false:
Saudis clarify: No Ramayan and Mahabharata in Saudi Arabia’s national curriculum as of now
It seems to have arisen due to confusion between what can taught in international schools in KSA (i.e for expats working there) versus what is taught in the national curriculum.
Seems as though the Hindu nationalists in India went nuts over this story without checking it.
I'm quite skeptical of WION news as it's quite nationalistic IMO
There are a lot of media reports in both directions.
So I was wondering where this came from assuming there's something being misreported in parts of the media.
https://kfcris.com/pdf/cc53a3201f65554c400886325b5f715e5f577d35934f7.pdf has this:
Saudi Arabia allowed foreign universities to open branch campuses in the country for the first time.
It's possible that the branch campuses can teach other religions than Islam and that Saudi students can take such courses there. But I saw nothing in the cited PDF about changes to the religious curriculum in the Saudi educational system outside of eliminating extremist teachers and doctrine.
So I was wondering where this came from assuming there's something being misreported in parts of the media.
https://kfcris.com/pdf/cc53a3201f65554c400886325b5f715e5f577d35934f7.pdf has this:
Saudi Arabia allowed foreign universities to open branch campuses in the country for the first time.
It's possible that the branch campuses can teach other religions than Islam and that Saudi students can take such courses there. But I saw nothing in the cited PDF about changes to the religious curriculum in the Saudi educational system outside of eliminating extremist teachers and doctrine.