Igumbi leMeko le-CNN ngokuhlwanje lifuna ukuphelisa iindaba eziqale ukuba u-Barack Obama wayeye kwi-madrasah e-Indonesia eseyinkwenkwe. Umboniso uxele ukuba u-Obama ubhale kwimbali yakhe ukuba wayefunda kwisikolo samaSilamsi iminyaka emibini. Kodwa ayisiyiyo i-madrasah!
Ndithandazela ukwehluka. Kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo bendizimase intetho malunga nophuhliso kwilizwe lama-Arabhu kwisitrato i-92d Y. Umhlohli yayinguSaifedean Ammous, umfundi wasePalestine owayephumelele kwizifundo zamazwe e-Columbia. Umfazi kubaphulaphuli ubuze u-Ammous ngazo zonke ezo madrasah's ezoyikisayo ama-Arabs abathumela kuzo abantwana babo. U-Ammous uphendule wathi i-madrasah ithetha nje isikolo ngesi-Arabhu, kwaye waya kwi-Quaker madrasah eRamallah.
Ndimbuzile malunga nenqaku namhlanje; kunye neAmmous nge-imeyile: Igama elithi Madrasa lithetha nje isikolo, kwaye lisetyenziswa ngokuchanekileyo njengakwisiNgesi, ukuze usisebenzise ukubhekisa kwi-Madrasah yamaJuda, yamaKrestu okanye yamaSilamsi, kunye noluntu, abucala, abasesekondari okanye iMadrasah yesibini. Kulwimi lwesiNgesi, nangenxa yemali yokugubungela ezinye zezi zikolo ePakistan naseAfghanistan eziye zafumana kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, igama elithi Madrasah linxulunyaniswa nezikolo zonqulo ekuthiwa zifundisa kwaye ziqeqesha abanqolobi.
Ngokucacileyo u-Obama waya eMadrasah e-Indonesia, kuba waya ngokucacileyo esikolweni ... Nokuba wayefunda kwisikolo senkolo, loo nto ngokuqinisekileyo ayithethi ukuba yayiyindawo apho bafunda khona iKoran hayi iChemistry. Kuzo zonke iimeko yayisisikolo samaSilamsi ngenxa yokuba izikolo zamaKatolika eMelika zingamaKatolika: isikolo esiqhelekileyo esifundisa zonke izifundo eziqhelekileyo, kodwa sibeka ugxininiso kwinkolo nakwindlela yokuziphatha kwabafundi bayo.
Ndiyathandabuza kakhulu ukuba wayeye kwinto eyaziwa ngokuba zi-madrasas eziguqukayo, andazi nokuba ziqhelekile e-Indonesia, kwaye unokucinga ukuba usapho lwakhe, olubonakala ngathi alunamsebenzi, beluya kufuna ukuqiniseka ukuba bafunda abantwana izibalo kunye nesayensi.
