 The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has made 22 recommendations to the government on how to end terrorism in the country, along with the recommendation that incidents of terrorism should not dubbed as jihad.
| Hot damn! My surprise meter still works! |
These proposals were compiled by the CII in its recent report, based on the findings and recommendations of a dialogue titled ‘Islam and Terrorism’ which was attended by a number of scholars and experts. The CII recommended that all camps training militants or terrorists should be shut down immediately.
| I'd say the very first step in stopping terrorism would be to shut down their spawning grounds... |
It says that an overall review of intelligence organisations including the Federal Investigation Agency, the Intelligence Bureau, Inter-Services Intelligence and Military Intelligence should be conducted and these organisations should be strengthened to eliminate the political-backing of terrorists.
| Maybe intelligence agencies should stick with collecting, analyzing, and reporting intelligence. Special operations should be in a separate organization — the same applies to the U.S., by the way. Special operations organizations should be forbidden from conducting domestic operations and domestic intelligence collection should be controlled by police agencies and not the military. |
It recommended that all Muslim countries adopt a joint strategy to combat terrorism and a special committee of experts on terrorism be formed at the Organisation of the Islamic Conference level.
| Good move. Pick the most ineffective organization you can think of. |
The CII proposed that an agreement should be made between clerics belonging to different sects and foreign involvement in this regard should be stopped.
| I'd guess they're referring to the Soddies, which surprises me, as well... |
It said that protest gatherings and rallies should be restricted to specific areas and no one should be allowed to preach outside mosques and immambargah. It recommended that religious and racial discrimination be eliminated and the violation of human rights be stopped.
| This sounds so... un-Pakistani. The Land of the Pure would never stand for it. |
The participants were of the view that if the political system was strengthened, development works were carried out without discrimination and people had job opportunities, terrorism and militancy would decline. The report also recommended that all borders of the country be sealed and the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas be brought fully under state control.
| If they're part of the nation, the state should control them. If the state doesn't control them, they're independent. |
It recommended that a council of intellectuals, researchers, bureaucrats, military officials and criminologists be formed at the SAARC level which would investigate causes of terrorism.
| Actually, these recommendations pretty well address them. The fundos would never stand for half of it, much less all of it. |
The dialogue also recommended that the Interior Ministry issue licences to private detectives on individual and organisation basis. It also recommended that anti terrorist courts be strengthened. |