COMMENT | Some people complain about vernacular schools being places of division, but if they are really concerned about the well-being and racial integration of our school-going children, why don’t they say anything about tahfiz schools?

Do they keep quiet because these are religious schools and they will be seen as “Islam bashing”?

Do they fear a backlash from friends, relatives or on social media? Or are they afraid of the “thought police” knocking on their doors?

One does not read in the newspapers about sexual assaults, beatings and devastating fires breaking out in vernacular schools.

On the other hand, tahfiz schools have been places where teachers, principals and wardens have...