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Online Quran teaching (Pic credit: @AwqafUAE)
UAE's General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments has announced a ban on unlicensed digital platforms teaching the Holy Quran and has called on citizens and residents to protect their children from such platforms.
The Authority emphasises that the country's regulations prohibit unlicensed individuals from engaging in any activities related to religious education, including the teaching, recitation, and Tajweed of the Holy Quran.
The Authority has identified numerous unqualified and unlicensed individuals targeting children under the guise of promoting Quranic education and correct pronunciation for children, the press release said (as per ChatGPT translation).
This is to ensure proper education and intellectual safeguarding of the younger generations. UAE wants individuals to get a license from the relevant authority to ensure correct educational practices.
This comes amid the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh planning to ban illegal madrassas, teaching Islam to young children, under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
This was called an assault on Muslims by Left Liberals but now a declared Islamic country has taken a similar step to preserve the correctness of religious education.