THE POSITION OF THE ISLARNIC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE SCHOOL REFORM

Abstract

The education reform, as a given framework for the future scientific contemplation of the Islamic religious education, is being viewed as both a challenge and a possibility. The Islamic religious education in schools is now faced with a possibility to, as an element of the educational system, become closer to the standards of the modem world. The challenge is multiple: to question the way we rely on our Foundation and thus revive "the reading" of our traditional spiritual and intellectual background. Thus the religious education does not only join the modem, but it acquires comparatively superior references within the school educational system. This article gives indication of some of these newly acquired possibilities of this school subject.