It was reported that you, Honorable Shaykh, responded to those who said that teaching in our schools is rote memorization. Is this response yours?

Question:
Peace be upon you, my honorable brother. This questioner says: It was reported about you, my honorable brother, in these days, an article in the newspaper al-Jazirah dated [date], in which you respond to those who say that teaching in our schools is rote memorization. Is this response yours? Yes.

Answer:
I am the one who responded; I am the one who wrote it and I am the one who published it, in response to those who say that teaching through rote memorization is teaching for donkeys, from which we found nothing but acidity. I responded to him because they want the girls' tape, responding to the provocation of our enemies from among the disbelievers. They want to change our curricula and replace them with the curricula of others that please our enemies. We do not accept this and we do not accept it ever, that our curricula, which are based on the Book and the Sunnah and beneficial knowledge, be changed. We do not allow anyone to intervene in them or look into them except the people of knowledge. No one looks into them. It happened that I found some of the students of Allah looking into their curricula and changing and altering them. The curricula are under the supervision of the people of knowledge; they are the ones who first established and decided them. If there are observations or matters, they are presented to the people of knowledge.