Following are excerpts from an interview with Saudi Prince Muhammad Abdallah Al-Faysal, which aired on AL-Arabiya TV on August 25, 2011:
Muhammad Abdallah Al-Faysal: "I sent my children to study abroad after they finished junior high."
Interviewer: "What about people who cannot afford to send their children abroad?"
Muhammad Abdallah Al-Faysal: "They should try to instill in their children what I am talking about on their own."
Interviewer: "It's a tragedy if people who cannot afford to send their children abroad have a problem with their education..."
Muhammad Abdallah Al-Faysal: "We all know that we have an education problem. Even the educators themselves know this. But the question is what needs to be done."
Interviewer: "What is the solution..."
Muhammad Abdallah Al-Faysal: "What changes must take place."
Interviewer: "What needs to be done? Should we change the curricula or the philosophy of our education?"
Muhammad Abdallah Al-Faysal: "Basically, it is the philosophy of our education. What do we want our child to be? We have produced terrorists who carried out bombings."
Interviewer: "Do you think the curricula play a role in this?"
Muhammad Abdallah Al-Faysal: "The curricula are the source of this. We should determine how we want to raise this young man. What he will do with his life." [...]
