Where sacred and secular meet: Singapore’s madrasahs serving religious and economic needs
Photo: Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Singapore's minister in charge of Muslim affairs, Minister for Communications and Information and the minister in charge of cyber security, speaking to Salaam Gateway at his office on March 22, 2018 in Singapore. Salaam Gateway/Razin Rahman
*A factual inaccuracy was corrected to the original story on April 15: "Around 27" students from Madrasah Aljunied will be enrolled in the International Baccelaureate (IB) Diploma programme next year, and not "25 students"; In Para 8 "judicially" erroneously used, corrected to "judiciously"
This article is the first of a two-part series on the Islamic school system in Singapore.
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