US EditionUAE drops UK from scholarship list over radicalisation concerns on university campuses
The UAE’s decision affects over 8,500 Emirati students and reflects concerns about Muslim Brotherhood-linked radicalization on UK campuses, leading to a 27% drop in study visas, officials said.
- The United Arab Emirates government is restricting federal funding for citizens to study at British universities over fears Islamist groups are radicalising campuses, officials told The Times.
- Amid long-standing concerns about Islamist influence, Emirati officials have pressed Western democracies about the Muslim Brotherhood, warning it spreads extremism across Europe and proscribing it as a terrorist group.
- Grant programmes administered by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs fund UAE-funded students at University of Central Lancashire, University of Manchester, University of Leeds, King’s College London and University College London, covering tuition, living costs, travel and health insurance.
- The UAE says it will still fund students who study outside the UK and is not imposing a blanket ban, allowing wealthier Emirati families to self-fund London universities.
- International responses include US designations of some offshoots and French policy moves, as President Macron ordered proposals last year and one Middle East expert called Emiratis `obsessed` with the Muslim Brotherhood and their `bogeyman`.
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UAE drops UK from scholarship list over radicalisation concerns on university campuses
The United Arab Emirates has removed the UK from its list of approved destinations for government-funded overseas study, citing concerns that Emirati students could be exposed to Islamist radicalisation on British university campuses.
No one knows about Islamic extremism better than the Muslims themselves. The United Arab Emirates have now excluded British universities from the scholarship funding program because they fear the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on the students. Many young people from the United Arab Emirates study abroad. Especially in the United States and other English-speaking countries, such as the United Kingdom and Australia. To support these students …
The United Arab Emirates has made a radical and, to say the least, surprising decision to restrict their students' access to British universities. Abu Dhabi fears that its citizens will be exposed to Islamist radicalization on UK campuses.According to the Financial Times and Times revelations published on Thursday, January 8, the Emirati government has reduced federal funding for its nationals' enrolment in British universities. Emirati official…
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