Over 300 hardline Islamic schools in Pakistan have vowed to resist a government order to register with the authorities, a senior announced on Tuesday. Representatives of the madrassas met in Islamabad on Monday and denounced the order from President Pervez Musharraf as discriminatory. Under the order, 12,000 madrassas across Pakistan, some of which are suspected of being breeding grounds for Islamist militants, are required to register by the end of this year.Abdul Rashid Ghazi, a senior teacher at Jamia Faridia, one of Islamabad's main religious schools, said the government had enforced the law without consulting clerics. "This is a discriminatory and unilateral law. We reject it," he said. "Madrassas should not be singled out for registration. All private institutions and schools, some of which are preaching anti-Islamic and anti-Pakistani teachings, should also be registered."
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