Your recent reports on the governance of states under PAS and the party's political stand are illuminating even if I may be unhappy with particular stands.

It would also be more interesting if your reports would focus on matters of interest to women. An example would be the gender-parity of students in madrasah (religious school) run by PAS or other groups including Umno.

One of your reports states that children in madrasah aspire to be ulama (Muslim scholar or clergy) of the future. Is this type of education only made available to males?

There is much concern that our children and young people generally are not exposed to an education that is gender-sensitive. This is a matter of concern in public schools and private ones, including the madrasah .

However there is a likelihood that young people might be more open to recognising gender biases if they are in the mainstream schools, the madrasah being an exception.

There are of course excellent tertiary institutions from outside the Muslim countries which offer courses on Islamic studies with concerns on gender. I am not sure if the Muslim countries that, according to your reports, have educational links with our madrasah , have the same insight.