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February 28, 2006
More Cartoon Jihad!
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Again, in Pakistan:
Thousands of children chanting "Hang those who insulted the Prophet" have taken part in a rally against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.Although reading that kids are calling for the death of cartoonists may be disturbing enough, the real issue is the continued indoctrination into radical Islam of children in Pakistani madrassas, and the continued incitement of gullible Muslims stuck in a mindset of the middle ages. However, for most radical Muslims, such blindness to reality and truth begins in their childhood:Around 5,000 youngsters - mainly aged eight to 12 and some in school uniform - marched in Karachi.
They also torched a coffin draped in US, Israeli and Danish flags at a traffic intersection in the port city as police in riot gear looked on.
Children, wearing headbands emblazoned with God is great, were released from schools and Islamic seminaries to take part.
The problem is not the free education, but the indoctrination of the pupils into schools of thought that are frequently marked by particularly one-sided and strict interpretations of the Koran. The more time the boys spend at a madrassa, the more rigorously they renounce all other world views. These are the pupils the Taliban liked to recruit for their ranks.And at the core of the issue is as we posted earlier today, we are not facing a "clash of civilizations" but rather, "A Clash between the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21st Century" ."There is a direct connection between the Islamic schools and Islam-based extremism. Many of the madrassa pupils certainly feel called on to follow a path that eventually leads to terrorism," explains Mohammad Hassan Askari, political science lecturer at Punjab University.
Hat tip - In The Bullpen
Posted by Richard at February 28, 2006 11:46 AM
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