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...
Most Many senior officials of Afghanistan's former Taliban regime graduated from madrassas in Pakistan, and hundreds of students went to Afghanistan last year to fight alongside the Islamic militia against the US-led coalition.
Some are still there. Some will be there until the last trumpet. |