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Perv: No military solution to extremism
 President General Pervez Musharraf has said that there is no quick fix or military solution to the problem of extremism in Pakistan. âWhile we have to confront terrorism with force, the malaise of extremism has to be handled with care, as change cannot be imposed and pertains to the hearts and minds of people,â Gen Musharraf said at a seminar on global terrorism here on Monday. âIt will take years before it (extremism) is completely curbed,â he said. The government was changing to the school syllabus âto project the true values of Islamâ as part of long-term efforts to tackle extremism. He said he would set up a special cell in Pakistan to interpret Islamic laws in the perspective of the needs of the modern era. âOur aim is to carry out a Muslim renaissance. Let Pakistan be a source of light and a centre of understanding of real values of Islam,â he said in quotes reported by APP and Online. He said Muslim societies also needed to address âdistorted understandingâ of Islam as the educated majority had left the teaching of the religion to âclerics and obscurantistsâ. Extremism and terrorism must be differentiated and separate strategies be made to address them, he said. Political disputes affecting the Muslim world had been festering for far too long. Posted by: Fred 2005-08-30 |
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