Islamic dumbing down - Restrictions on 12 un-Islamic university subjects in Iran

 Iran has announced a ban on universities from opening new departments¹ in 12 humanities subjects considered too “Western”² and not in “harmony”³ with Islam. It also plans to revise the content of existing courses in these subjects by up to 70 per cent⁴ to make them “compatible”⁵ with Islam. The subjects targeted includes human rights, law, management, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology and women's studies.^6,7 The move comes after Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for action saying the many humanities subjects based on “materialism disbelieving the divine Islamic teachings”⁸ will lead students to “doubt”⁹ Islam. Two million out of a total of 3.5 million Iranian university students are studying humanities.

Sources: AP 1, 3, 4, 7. Reuters 2, 5, 6, 8, 9.