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ISIS’s changes encompass the social, educational and cultural institutions. To make these changes, ISIS has at times used coercion and compulsion, and at other times enticed people through its interpretations of Islam.
The educational sector in ISIS territories is considered to have changed the mostin comparison with educational curricula in other Syrian neighborhoods. The drastic change is the result of a series of decisions made by ISIS over the past two years, beginning with the creation of a bureau of education called the Diwan of Education; the name, and particularly the use of the word diwan, reflects ISIS’s attempt to redesign education in its captured territories based on its idea of Islam’s heyday.
The first of the diwan’s tasks was to dissolve the educational and administrative cadres in Raqqa’s schools and make them take mandatory courses on sharia. It called on them to repent and “purify their minds” to match its opinions on principles of nationalism, secularism and democracy, which it believes are contrary to Islamic sharia and must be corrected.
In a number of ISIS’s video clips on educating children in its territories, there is a clear focus on recreational activities that encourage children to fight and participate in jihad as a martial practice. ISIS’s interest in training children physically and teaching them to use weapons is apparent in some of the clips.
According to Ahmed, a middle school teacher who left Raqqa in 2014 and currently lives in Turkey:
The curricula used for middle school is the complete opposite of what we used to teach. They have removed any mention of nationalism and the Syrian Arab Republic, replacing it with the Islamic State. They have also removed all school pictures of children that reflect gender mixing, prohibit us from teaching music, and largely neglect teaching mathematics. They have removed all examples related to money lending, democracy, or voting.
http://europe.newsweek.com/isis-math-education-starts-banning-plus-sign-456375?rm=eu
The educational sector in ISIS territories is considered to have changed the mostin comparison with educational curricula in other Syrian neighborhoods. The drastic change is the result of a series of decisions made by ISIS over the past two years, beginning with the creation of a bureau of education called the Diwan of Education; the name, and particularly the use of the word diwan, reflects ISIS’s attempt to redesign education in its captured territories based on its idea of Islam’s heyday.
The first of the diwan’s tasks was to dissolve the educational and administrative cadres in Raqqa’s schools and make them take mandatory courses on sharia. It called on them to repent and “purify their minds” to match its opinions on principles of nationalism, secularism and democracy, which it believes are contrary to Islamic sharia and must be corrected.
In a number of ISIS’s video clips on educating children in its territories, there is a clear focus on recreational activities that encourage children to fight and participate in jihad as a martial practice. ISIS’s interest in training children physically and teaching them to use weapons is apparent in some of the clips.
According to Ahmed, a middle school teacher who left Raqqa in 2014 and currently lives in Turkey:
The curricula used for middle school is the complete opposite of what we used to teach. They have removed any mention of nationalism and the Syrian Arab Republic, replacing it with the Islamic State. They have also removed all school pictures of children that reflect gender mixing, prohibit us from teaching music, and largely neglect teaching mathematics. They have removed all examples related to money lending, democracy, or voting.
http://europe.newsweek.com/isis-math-education-starts-banning-plus-sign-456375?rm=eu
