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Malaysia’s Islamic Schools Face Festering Problems

Malaysia’s Islamic Schools Face Festering Problems

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Jun 26, 2019
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As Malaysia’s ethnic Malays have increasingly turned to traditional Islamic schools, known as pondoks or Tahfiz schools, the fact that they are largely unregulated is allowing problems to fester, including unsafe conditions, exposure to extremist teachings and especially child sexual abuse by ustazes, or teachers.

Almost 1,000 new pondoks have opened ove…

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