Crisis of religious educators in the North lingers

Al Diyar brought to light the fate of the religious educators in the North with the start of the new academic year which still hangs in the balance as a result of unkempt pledges made by political leaders prior to parliamentary elections to restore health insurance and financial grants from the UAE. The educators, Al Diyar wrote, asked Dar al Fatwa in Beirut to investigate the reasons behind suspension of the UAE allowances, grieving the humiliation they suffered in recent months at the doors of ministers and MPs to ask for compensating a medication, a doctor’s visit or school admission. The newspaper cited one religious educator who lamented being turned into beggars in their own country amidst a deafening silence from the Muftis of Tripoli and The Republic. On the subject, the newspaper revealed that the news of extension of the term of Mufti of Tripoli and the North, Malek Shaar, has been a shock to the teachers, as this will not change the stalemate. They sought to direct their anger to social media platforms but received instead oral notices of dismissal. Also, Al Diyar mentioned that the follow up committee on the rights of Akkar Muslim scholars is planning to escalate in the face of the ruling spiritual and political authorities after reaching the point of despair. Nearly 800 staff in the religious establishment, including imams, preachers and educators are disadvantaged, impoverished and deprived of their basic human rights. (Al Diyar, September 16, 19, 2018)

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