Imams to teachers: “Your strike is illegitimate because it is damaging the future of Eight million pupils”
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National Organization of Pupils’ Parents intends to send a message to the Religious Affairs Minister calling him to induce teachers, through sermons and lessons, of the need to stop the strike, but the state of loss that is experienced by millions of pupils, drove the imams from silence and made them respond that the teachers’ strike is illegal and harmful, and they have to fear Allah in future generations.
Sheikh Baghdadi Fizazi, Imam of Oran mosque, reported that the strike is a new matter, in which no text was included neither in the Koran nor in the Sunna. However, compared to the talk of the prophet (peace be upon him): “do not harm and avoid being harmed”, and Allah says: “Do not throw yourselves into destruction, It is not permissible for these teachers to strike even if they have legitimate demands and government refused to meet them, because the first looser are millions of pupils. Exposing pupils to a white year is not good and discouraged them from looking for science, as they can claim their rights without prejudice to the rights of others or destroying the future of pupils.”
Imam of the Al-Fath mosque, Sheikh Nasseri, emphasized that if the strike has a damage to pupils, such as what is happening now, it is not permissible, the person when asked to respect the rights of others, and ensure the minimum of service, when it include no damage against others.
“Teachers should take into account the pupils’ interests, especially since they are responsible for them and are consider imams, as some of them are better than professors in academic graduations, but they receive low wages.”
For his part, Secretary General of the National Coordination of Imams and staff of Religious Affairs, Djelloul Hadjimi, called upon professors to use reason, because the pupils are the largest affected, calling upon parties from outside the sector to mediate and reach a compromise solution, as pupils have no sin, and Islamic law urged them to take into account the interest and not to harm others,
“Teachers are obliged to take into account the interests of pupils and do not exceed the required limit”.