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Afghanistan/South Asia
Pakistan to expell foreign students from Islamic seminaries: Musharraf
2005-07-29
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said all the estimated 1,400 foreign nationals studying in the country's madrassas would have to leave the Islamic seminaries. "All foreigners are to be removed" from Pakistan's more than 10,000 madrassas, Musharraf told reporters, and no new visas would be issued to non-Pakistanis wishing to study in the seminaries and Islamic prayer schools. The ban would also apply to holders of dual nationality. "An explosive ordinance to this effect will be delivered adopted in the next coming days," General Musharraf said. He also reiterated that all Islamic prayer schools in the country would have to register with the government by the end of the year.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged Pakistan to move against extremists and radical madrassas following news that some of the London July 7 bombers had recently visited the South Asian country. Musharraf last week ordered a crackdown on extremists. By Friday security forces had rounded up more than 600 suspected militants and Islamic clerics. No one connected to the London attacks had been arrested, they said.
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#7  Shouldn't that be the "short bus" graphic?
Posted by: JDB   2005-07-29 21:13  

#6  "In Texas, only a Texan can rob a bank"

Calvera-The Magnificent Seven.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2005-07-29 20:21  

#5  "Magic bus ... magic bus ... I want to ride my magic bus, ooowww wahh, Magic bus!"

Ummm, okay, so 1,400 fuzzy foreigners are going to be expelled "...over the mountains and through the woods, to grandmother's place we go ..."

But what of the "educational" materials like books, audio tapes, video tapes, pamphlets, bombs, from foreign places like Soddy Arabia? And what of the imams and teachers terrorists from Soddy Arabia? Are they to be expelled?
Posted by: Elmereter Hupamp4761   2005-07-29 19:18  

#4  "All foreigners are to be removed" from Pakistan's more than 10,000 madrassas, Musharraf told reporters.." They're off to London to apply for asylum and free housing.
Posted by: DoDo   2005-07-29 12:01  

#3  Yeah, go back to your own countries and start your own madrassas! Sell crazy somewhere else! We're all sold out here!
Posted by: Perv   2005-07-29 11:34  

#2  trying to protect domestic nut production
Posted by: Frank G   2005-07-29 11:29  

#1  The Paks only want home-grown jihadis in their madrassas.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-07-29 10:40  

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