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Muslims praying in a mosque in Brunei
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BANDAR
SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei, November 25 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) -
Authorities in the oil-rich Islamic sultanate of Brunei are to step up
religious classes for children as a means of combating rising
promiscuity.
Promiscuity
in the tiny country, which has no significant nightlife, is now among
the top three social problems, along with drugs and wife abuse, said
Permanent Secretary for Culture, Youth and Sport Dato Haji Dani.
Births
out of wedlock have escalated, with 778 babies to unmarried teenage
parents reported in a six-year period from 1997-2001, forcing
authorities to mount a concerted effort to reverse the trend.
“This
will be mainly through increased religious education,” a government
official said Monday.
Previous
measures, including those by the religious affairs ministry, to reduce
teen promiscuity have not been successful.
“Several
measures and strategies have been taken to ensure that such social ill
is kept at a minimum level, but the issues could not be overcome at
all,” Dani said.
Brunei
is a tiny Southeast Asian country with a total population of just
340,000.
Alcohol
is virtually unobtainable, it has one of the highest per capita
incomes in the world, and there is no noticeable nightlife.
Statistics
from the National Committee for Handling Social Issues shows the 778
illegitimate births between 1997-2001 compares with 554 cases of
teenage drug abuse and 334 cases of wife abuse in the same period.
Dani
said that a majority of the miscreants involved in the three cases are
young people, according to the Borneo Bulletin.
He
added that although social problems affected all levels of people from
children, teenagers, adults to the elderly, youth were highest among
the offenders, the paper said.
According
to statistics the 554 cases of drug abuse involve youth below 20 years
of age. Promiscuous youth involving boys and girls below 19 years of
age have resulted in births out of wedlock, it said.
According
to Dani, enforcement is part of other measures to instill awareness as
a deterrent for such wrong doings.
They
include education, counseling and also rehabilitation, he added,
reported the Bulletin.
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