EFTERSKOLER (2)

Efterskoler have been around in Denmark for more than a century (see my previous post). Many of them, perhaps a quarter of the total today, had a decidedly Christian philosophy.

Denmark has changed a lot since 1879, and now has a lot more immigrants. So it is not surprising that the country's first efterskole with a Muslim philosophy has just opened its doors.

I said earlier that only efterskoler with a sharp profile are likely to survive. A Muslim profile is sharper than most. The school has opened with just 50 pupils (the norm is around 125), but I fully expect that number to rise, and that there will be more such schools in the future.  

Walter Blotscher