his work or academic specialization demands. Therefore, let a select group of the nation’s youth study the languages of other peoples insofar as necessity dictates. But to make a foreign tongue compulsory for every Muslim child—this, in my view, is an error that contravenes the ruling of Islam. It arises only from ignorance, infatuation with non-Muslims, an intent to corrupt the Muslim youth and constrict their Arabic, or a deficiency in thought born of slavish imitation and a sense of inferiority.