02-18-2009, 05:01 AM
I just looked at the IFTS graduates in Kenya. They all seem to have African names.
I think part of the problem is that the criticizers, all Americans, are a bit xenophobic. If everything isn't done just like back home, it isn't valid. By their reasoning a religious degree isn't valid without government accreditation whereas most governments of the world, my provincial jurisdiction Alberta included, will not accredit schools offering strictly religious degrees.
The politics of many countries, Kenya included I'm sure, means they have to avoid the appearance of favoring one group over another. The first time a degree granting Muslim religious school in the United States is refused accreditation, the whole system of government recognized accreditation of religious schools will fall. I don't know why it has lasted so long.
I think part of the problem is that the criticizers, all Americans, are a bit xenophobic. If everything isn't done just like back home, it isn't valid. By their reasoning a religious degree isn't valid without government accreditation whereas most governments of the world, my provincial jurisdiction Alberta included, will not accredit schools offering strictly religious degrees.
The politics of many countries, Kenya included I'm sure, means they have to avoid the appearance of favoring one group over another. The first time a degree granting Muslim religious school in the United States is refused accreditation, the whole system of government recognized accreditation of religious schools will fall. I don't know why it has lasted so long.