Giving Girls an English Education

Question

What does the ruling of the Islamic Sacred Law say about giving girls an advanced English education and having them employed in government schools? Can such a person become a religious imam or leader of the Muslims?

Answer

Learning the language itself is not, in itself, forbidden by the Sacred Law. However, nowadays the surrounding environment has such a bad effect on those who study English that their words, deeds and outward appearance become entirely contrary to the Sacred Law — to the point that even their beliefs become distorted: they mock the rulings of the Sacred Law such as prayer,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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