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Afghanistan/South Asia
Perv: No military solution to extremism
2005-08-30
President General Pervez Musharraf has said that there is no quick fix or military solution to the problem of extremism in Pakistan. “While we have to confront terrorism with force, the malaise of extremism has to be handled with care, as change cannot be imposed and pertains to the hearts and minds of people,” Gen Musharraf said at a seminar on global terrorism here on Monday. “It will take years before it (extremism) is completely curbed,” he said. The government was changing to the school syllabus “to project the true values of Islam” as part of long-term efforts to tackle extremism.

He said he would set up a special cell in Pakistan to interpret Islamic laws in the perspective of the needs of the modern era. “Our aim is to carry out a Muslim renaissance. Let Pakistan be a source of light and a centre of understanding of real values of Islam,” he said in quotes reported by APP and Online. He said Muslim societies also needed to address “distorted understanding” of Islam as the educated majority had left the teaching of the religion to “clerics and obscurantists”. Extremism and terrorism must be differentiated and separate strategies be made to address them, he said. Political disputes affecting the Muslim world had been festering for far too long.
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