Saturday, July 16, 2005

Niger to integrate 500,000 students enrolled at Islamic schools

Koranic studies in Niger

Photo: A student studies at a school for Koranic studies in Niamey, Niger. Niger is moving quickly to integrate more than a half-million students enrolled at Islamic schools into the national education system to avoid perceptions that Koranic institutions are breeding grounds for radicalism. (AFP/File/Issouf Sanogo July 16, 2005)

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