Islamic religious education in Poland – curricula and textbooks more

In Poland, pursuant to Article 53, paragraph 4 of the Constitution, every religious organization with a regulated legal status has the right to teach its religion in schools. In practice, however, religious education classes can be organized when there are at least seven students of a particular denomination in one school. All religious organizations have the right to organize after-school religious education and to establish denominational schools.
The number of Muslims in Poland is estimated at 25-30 thousand, which amounts to 0.05-0.08 percent of the total population of Poland. Because of this fact, Islam is taught in schools only in Bialystok and Warsaw, places where Muslims are more numerous. These classes are organized by two Muslim religious organizations officially recognized by the state: the Muslim Religious Union (the MZR) and the Muslim League. Both of them have their own curricula and textbooks, the latter are rather outdated (and not numerous. The Ministry of Education approved a school curriculum for Muslim religious instruction in 2004 (prepared by the MZR).
The paper discusses the existing curricula and textbooks used in classes, taking into consideration the legal framework for conducting Muslim religious instruction, methods of curriculum preparation and the lack of suitable textbooks for several stages of education.