Netherlands: Interest in imam training

The Dutch imam and Islam courses are going well.  Currently about 150 students are taking the course in one of three institutions.  The number of students three years after the courses were started is therefore similar to those of the various courses for Christian pastoral care, according to data from the ministry of integration Friday.  

The course can be taken at the Free University, the University of Leiden and at the InHolland College.  The course forms a basis for graduate to continue on their studies within the Islamic community for the position of imam.

Graduates can also get work as a Muslim spiritual chaplain, as spiritual attendant in prisons, hospitals and in the military, as social workers, teachers or policy assistant.

Source: Telegraaf (Dutch)

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