Jordan’s Islamists Tuesday called on the ministry of education to ban coed student trips, charging immoral acts were being committed.
The Islamic Action Front, the main opposition group in parliament, said its secretary-general, Hamza Mansour, sent a letter to the minister of education demanding an investigation into the trips "during which university students have been committing immoral acts in defiance of Islamic norms and traditions." He said students were getting drunk and dancing in provocative ways that "have no place in our society."
Source: [The Washington Times]
Doesn’t this opposition group have anything else to worry about besides whether coed trips are immoral or not? I mean, really … of all the issues and challenges in Jordan the IAF decides to concentrate on school trips! What a total waste of time and energy!
I just realized what you guys are talking about! It is in Arabtimes.com today. Well, wherever you go in Jordan, you are monitored by everybody. Too sad that a trip for some students is the talk of the whole society. Keep me live in the US man!
“Not Jeff Jeff” thanks for sharing that litte tidbit with us…and I am truly sorry. It must just be you, because I heard it happens all the time and on every trip. 🙂 As a matter of fact, it happened last week on the trip to Ajloun from JUST.
Seriously though, coed field trips as immoral has got to one of the most stupid things I have heard in a while. If people want to do these things, then don’t you think they could come up with a better place to do so, one without so many onlookers.
I am really getting sick and tired of hearing about the stigmas placed around the mixing of the sexes in the ME. What do they think we are? And who are they to dictate what is good for us? Would it not be better to harness this energy and take advantage of the press coverage to address and solve the other problems our communities face?
I went on dozens of field trips and hundreds of coed bus rides and got no action. Should’ve gone to boarding school in Jordan.
Roba, apologies for this but it doesn’t mean that if you’ve been on a dozen of trips yourself then definitely nothing immoral goes on in other trips.
Jordanian, Who said their claim could not be true? (i’m reversing your question here). A lot of evidence is all around matey, open your eyes and you’ll see.
Maybe I should’ve been a bit clearer in my first post. I don’t beleive there should be a total ban but probably “mixing (with limits)” as SC mentioned.
If these studetns want to commit immoral acts, they can do that in the university itself or wherever they want in the middle of the day, and they don’t need a trip to do that.
If someone doesn’t like mixed trips, they can just not go. Stop interefrring with others’ freedoms, those who hear what Dr. Mansoor saying that befakker el re7laat el mokhatalatah da3ara.
Who said the cause of such immoral acts is simply putting females and males together???! Honestly, I started to think that mixing (with limits) is healthy, it will teach genders how to deal with the opposite properly. It will teach control and tolerance.
Give me a break!?!
Why they always assume that when a male meets a female all they think about is of a sexual content!!
Islamists back off….leave Jordan alone, we don’t wanna turn into another unlivable country, ruled by a bunch of stone age dictators calling themselves (Khalifa)
No to Islamists!!! A big resounding No!
And to our sexually oppresed youth…..take it easy….
PS : And who said tehir claim is true?Show us some evidence?? Or spare us your talk…..
Bashar, I’ve been on a dozen of these trips myself, nothing even close to immoral goes on.
Hi, nice blog you have there Natasha. I see nothing wrong with the Islamists action and i don’t think its a waste of time and energy. If “university students have been committing immoral acts in defiance of Islamic norms and traditions” then there should be a limitation to these acts. If these actions were not tackled now then when do you think they should be?
Rgds
i STRONGLY agree.. 2oft