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Pak to ban militancy and extremism at madrassas
Pakistan's religious affairs minister said on Thursday the government would soon pass laws banning the teaching of militancy and extremism at the nation's 8,000 Islamic religious schools. Under the new laws, clerics found to be involved in fanning sectarian hatred and extremism in the schools would face prison terms of two years, said Dr Mehmood Ghazi. Haven't we heard something like this before? Or maybe we didn't... On Wednesday, the government said all madrassas, long considered a breeding ground for Islamic extremism, would have register with an oversight board or face closure. I dunno. It sounds pretty familiar... Some are still there. Some will be there until the last trumpet. Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-06-20 |
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