Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani:

We must not allow Western culture to penetrate through education programs

Rasa – The revered source of emulation ‎emphasized that educationists must have ‎fundamental plans for the upbringing of the new generation and said, “The programs must ‎be based on genuine Islamic culture.”‎

News ID: 443806

Date: 08 March 2019 - 17:30

RNA – In a meeting with Sayyed Mohammad Bathaei, the Minister of Education and Science, ‎Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Nouri-Hamadani said that all people except the Fourteen Infallibles ‎had been born in an unrefined state and added, “There always needs to be some individuals ‎among mankind with an education so that their aptitudes will flourish.”‎
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The revered source of emulation considered education to boost the talents of children and ‎adolescents as very important and said, “The officials of this organ must be very careful ‎about the selection of teachers and choose well-informed, timely and efficient teachers.”‎

He stated that education, in addition to selecting a good and effective teacher, students must ‎also be provided with the means of education and added, “Teachers must make sure that ‎the spirit of education is institutionalized their students.”‎
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Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani emphasized that educationists must have fundamental plans for ‎the upbringing of the new generation and stated, “Iranian culture and Islamic culture are not ‎separated from each other. Therefore, education programs must not be based on the ‎foundations of Western civilization but rather all programs of the Iranian society must be ‎based on genuine Islamic culture.”‎

The prominent teacher in the Islamic Seminary of Qom said, “Educators must be aware of ‎the importance of their work and know that if they can education one person in a good ‎manner, it’s as if they have educated all human beings. It must also be known that ‎disturbing and misleading one individual is like spreading misguidance throughout the whole ‎world.”‎
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Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani ‎stressed that students must be educated in an Islamic manner, ‎‎“According to the narrations, if one wants to educate others, he must first build himself ‎because without self-building, it’s not possible to educate others.”‎

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