03/31/2022 I once visited a deprived town to deliver a lecture, after which there came to me a teacher from outside the town. He said, “I hope you can help us finance some students.” I said, “Strange! Aren’t the schools government funded, and therefore free?” He said, “Indeed they are, but we would like to fund their university education.” I said, “Well, the universities are also government funded. They even offer student grants.” He said, “Allow me to explain to you...” “Go ahead”, I said. He said, “Our students graduate from their secondary school with no less than 99%. They are so clever that if their intelligence was divided amongst the ummah, it would suffice! But when a student becomes determined to travel outside his town to study Medicine, Engineering, Islamic Law, Computer Science or anything else, his father prevents him from going, saying, ‘What you know is sufficient! Now, remain with me and be a shepherd!’” I screamed impulsively, “Be a