30 Islamic centres temporarily closed for violating safety regulations — Awqaf  Ministry

AMMAN — The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs on Sunday announced that a total of 30 centres offering Islamic education have been suspended for violating regulations, noting that these institutions are allowed to resume their operations once they comply with regulations and correct the violations.

 A total of 28 licensed Islamic associations,  with more than 1,000 affiliated centres, are supervised by the Ministry of Awqaf, a ministry statement said, noting that the system governing the centres has been issued since the beginning of last year and a number of  centres have corrected their situation, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

The ministry said that all closed centres are outside Amman, calling on the students to enrol in the certified centres.

The violations included lacking a safe environment to receive students, as the closed centres are apartment-based facilities that failed to comply with safety standards, putting the lives of students at risk, among other violations, the ministry said.

A total of 1,000 centres submitted requests for licences, out of which 200 were approved and 800 are pending approval, the statement noted.

Hundreds of Islamic cultural centres and some 1,259 Koran teaching centres are operated by the ministry across the Kingdom offering free of charge services. The ministry has also  launched more than 2,300 centres to teach the Koran — memorisation and recitation — during the summer break.