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2005-08-21 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In Pakistan's Public Schools, Jihad Still Part of Lesson Plan
Each year, thousands of Pakistani children learn from history books that Jews are tightfisted moneylenders and Christians vengeful conquerors. One textbook tells kids they should be willing to die as martyrs for Islam.

They aren't being indoctrinated by extremist mullahs in madrasas, the private Islamic seminaries often blamed for stoking militancy in Pakistan. They are pupils in public schools learning from textbooks approved by the administration of President Pervez Musharraf. ...

Posted by ed 2005-08-21 11:14|| 2005-08-21 11:14|| Front Page Top

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