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Madrassa releases two US-born teenagers
 Two American-born teenagers forced by their father to attend a madrassa in Pakistan for nearly four years have returned home to Atlanta after a documentary filmmaker pushed for their release.Noor and Mahboob Khan, now 17 and 16, arrived in Atlanta late on Thursday from Jamia Binoria, a madrassa in Karachi. The boys are featured in a new documentary "Karachi Kids" by filmmaker Imran Raza, due to be released next week. The boys' father, Fazal Khan, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he sent them to the madrassa because he wanted them exposed to Islam. He said he had tried to bring his sons home but the boys could not get exit visas. "I sent a ticket. But I couldn't get the paperwork," he told the Journal-Constitution on Wednesday. Role: Raza had been working to get the boys home when US Rep Michael McCaul, a Republican from Texas, got involved. In a July 4 visit to Pakistan, he asked President Pervez Musharraf to release the Khan brothers. The teens were sent home just a few days later. So they're back? And with their Pakistani madrassa educations? That's just...great. Posted by: Fred 2008-07-13 |
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