What is the solution for drug abuse amongst Muslims?
Well, the basic solution requires re-visiting of the educational system. Where educators have to be clear on what the goals of education are in a way we have inherited our system from the colonial times and this has been perpetuated without actual analysis of the perspective. So we need our educators here to re-look at this and look to see how we can bring value education back into place where moral messages are given in every class as a thought. Relationship with Islam is established there so student doesn’t feel any disconnection between his Islam and worldly affairs and this is all linked. We can’t fool ourselves, once this has been taken out, once this has been removed, then this is the impact. What the West is facing, I mean drug problem is not unique to Maldives, I mean lets go back to western society that’s what they are observing on the television, in the media, drugs have become a massive problem.
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