ISIL Wll Open Institues to Retrain Teachers in Syria's Raqqa

According to online reports, those schooled under ISIL rule will see propaganda of the group's radical beliefs instead of scientific subjects.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Islamic State (IS) extremists plan to open institutes to ideologically requalify teachers in its stronghold of Raqqa, a citizen-journalism anti-IS organization said on Thursday.

"The latest findings of ISIS group is to open institutes for teachers, to rehabilitate them to be able to teach in their schools, which they [militants] claimed that it will be opened by the beginning of next school year, and will teach their own curriculum, the "Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently" (RBSS) group said in a statement published on its website on Thursday.

According to their online reports, those schooled under IS rule will see propaganda of the group's radical beliefs instead of scientific subjects.

In the beginning of 2015, IS crushed the city's educational network by closing all schools and institutes. In March, the militants prepared a new school curriculum inspired by Islamic fundamentalist Muhammad Wahhab.

RBSS added that those teachers who refuse to attend courses face death threats.

"Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently" is an anti-Islamist group of citizen journalists covering exposing crimes committed by the IS in areas across Iraq and Syria.