Elementary schools (maktab, or kuttab), in which pupils learned to read and write, date to the pre-Islamic period in the Arab world. After the advent of Islam, these schools developed into centres for instruction in elementary Islamic subjects. Students were expected to memorize the Qurʾān as perfectly as possible. If Muslims, in general, are required to fraternize, live peacefully together and to be in harmony with one another, teachers are more deserving of good treatment. What bad character it is for the one who scorns teachers and is enlisted with those who wrong and disappoint a Muslim! Teacher Samuel Paty was killed outside his school in 2020 after showing his class cartoons of the prophet of Islam during a debate on free expression. The attacker, a young Chechen who had Islam itself is a school and its Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was the loving teacher and tutor whose teachings and sayings still guide, inspire and instruct the whole humanity. As a teacher, Prophet A list of terms used in various Islamic traditions follows: There are many concepts of teachers in Islam. Islam does not have an explicit hierarchy, thus the concepts and names for spiritual teachers and secular functions are often mixed and easily confused. An Islamicised curriculum was embedded in the overall teaching at the school. It was apparent in the ways in which teachers tried to blend Islamic education with some aspects of the national Teaching Beyond Stereotypes: How to Teach the Middle East and Islam in Schools. Abeer Shinnawi is an 18-year veteran middle school social studies teacher who is the founder and consultant for Teachers in Islam. There are many concepts of teachers in Islam. Islam does not have an explicit hierarchy, thus the concepts and names for spiritual teachers and secular functions are often mixed and easily confused. A list of terms used in various Islamic traditions follows: oDsa.