The Secretary of the Association of Muslim Schools (AMS) Ebrahim Ansoor says while the first Muslim schools pre-dispensation were established by pioneers to avoid learners being influenced by foreign ideologies and an alien cultural outlook, with the dawn of democracy, communities felt it was necessary to establish Muslim independent schools just as other faith-based schools in the country.
Ansoor and Abdullah Sujee from the Roshnee Islamic School were speaking to Radio Islam about an article penned by Nuraan Davids, a professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University.