Post 33 (Mudy):
That Dawn paper sure seems to want to try to create the illusion that terrorism is separate from islam. Wherever there is islam, there are madrassas to teach about j-had (=islamoterrorism) which will create the next generation of islamoterrorists. So they can whine all they like about the symptoms of the problems in Pakistan (the madrassas), but the root problem is islam itself.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Today, well over 20,000 madressahs are imparting religious instruction (and precious little else) to millions of children across Pakistan. And while most of them do not actively encourage violent revolution, they do effectively brainwash their students into rejecting reason and independent thinking.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Again, that's 'cause islam teaches people to reject reason and independent thinking. If the Pakistanis working for Dawn want people to use their reason and think for themselves, they should quit writing this type of weak argument, and instead point to the actual cause: islam. But doing so would obviously entail repercussions of the fatal kind for them.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A couple of years ago, a Karachi monthly magazine ran a cover story on the terrorism in Kashmir. One fighter was asked what he would do if a political resolution was found for the disputed valley. Revealingly, he replied that he would not lay down his gun, but turn it on the Pakistani leadership, with the aim of installing an Islamic government there.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Related to this statement:
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/23817.html
<b>(Kashmiri) Separatists worried at impact ahead of talks with Kasuri</b>
That Dawn paper sure seems to want to try to create the illusion that terrorism is separate from islam. Wherever there is islam, there are madrassas to teach about j-had (=islamoterrorism) which will create the next generation of islamoterrorists. So they can whine all they like about the symptoms of the problems in Pakistan (the madrassas), but the root problem is islam itself.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Today, well over 20,000 madressahs are imparting religious instruction (and precious little else) to millions of children across Pakistan. And while most of them do not actively encourage violent revolution, they do effectively brainwash their students into rejecting reason and independent thinking.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Again, that's 'cause islam teaches people to reject reason and independent thinking. If the Pakistanis working for Dawn want people to use their reason and think for themselves, they should quit writing this type of weak argument, and instead point to the actual cause: islam. But doing so would obviously entail repercussions of the fatal kind for them.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A couple of years ago, a Karachi monthly magazine ran a cover story on the terrorism in Kashmir. One fighter was asked what he would do if a political resolution was found for the disputed valley. Revealingly, he replied that he would not lay down his gun, but turn it on the Pakistani leadership, with the aim of installing an Islamic government there.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Related to this statement:
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/23817.html
<b>(Kashmiri) Separatists worried at impact ahead of talks with Kasuri</b>