The role of the University of Jordan in fighting against intellectual and religious extremism among their students

Abstract

This study investigated the role of the University of Jordan in fighting against intellectual and religious extremism among their students. It aimed to explore that from the perspective of the members of the councils of the departments of the educational sciences faculty at the University of Jordan.  73 members were sampled from such members.  It was found that the University of Jordan plays a moderate role in fighting against intellectual and religious extremism among their student. That is because the overall mean in terms of the role of the University of Jordan in fighting against intellectual extremism is 2.91. It is because the overall mean in terms of the role of the University of Jordan in fighting against religious extremism is 2.91. The researcher recommends activating the role of Jordanian universities in fighting against all types of extremisms. She recommends conducting similar studies targeting Jordanian private and public universities to compare their results with the results of the present study

Keywords: Role, the University of Jordan, intellectual extremism, religious extremism, Jordan, students

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-6-14

Publication date: February 28^th 2021