High School Jihad in Pakistan

A 15-year-old boy who joined a religious education came home to his family with a completely changed behavior, and preached to his parents how women in Afghanistan was accosted by the infidels. He smashed the family's television, which he said was haram - forbidden, and criticized his mother and sisters for daring to laugh when the people of Afghanistan suffered.

"He was Completely brainwashed," said his uncle, who worked as an engineer on a USAID project, and eventually had to remove the boy from the camp. "The mullah were looking for the opportunity to take HIM to Afghanistan to fight."

"My parents only live to Survive," the boy says Wahid Khan. "My AIM is to live honorably in the eyes of God-and That Means jihad."

Lives of young boys in Shamshato under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar governance therefore very destructive, but Newsweek notes that the boys in Shamshato still have more freedom to choose jihad (or choose to resist) than in tea x Waziristan in northwest Pakistan, which is controlled by the Taliban allies Haqqani network.

Pakistan School - Jihad (audio)

Robert talks to Jeffrey Goldberg, a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, about an article detailing his experiences at one of Pakistan's biggest religious schools. The school provides Islamic education for boys. Many leaders of the militant Taliban in Afghanistan are among its graduates. Goldberg describes the school as a "jihad factory."

Pakistan madrasa/school thrives as jihad factory

"Osama bin Laden is a great Muslim," a student named Wali said. "The West is afraid of strong Muslims, so they made him their enemy."

Because the students had turned this day's class into a political seminar of sorts, I decided to ask a question of my own. I brought up the subject of Pakistan's nuclear bomb. I asked the students whether they thought it would be permissible, by the la w of Islam, to use a nuclear bomb in the prosecution of a jihad.

"All things come from Allah," one student said. "The atomic bomb comes from Allah, so it should be used."

I then asked: Who wants to see Osama bin Laden armed with nuclear weapons? Every hand in the room shot up. The students laughed, and some applauded.

But, I said, innocent people would inevitably die if the bomb were used. Even if the West, or Russia, is subjugating Muslims, does that give bin Laden and his supporters the right to kill innocent people?

"Osama has never killed anybody innocent," one student, whose name was Ghazi, answered.

"What if you were shown proof that he did?"

"The Americans say they have proof, but they don't give it to the Taliban."

I then presented a hypothetical scenario. "What if," I asked, "you were shown a video in which Osama bin Laden was actually seen murdering a woman. What then?"

There was a pause. A student named Fazlur Razaq stood up: "The Americans have all the tricks of the media. They can put Osama's head on the body of someone else, and make it seem like he's killing when he's not doing it."

Boombay Central : Repeat sentence above and replace Osama with Bush. So what about the terrorist (US army) recruitment camps across High Schools in America?

This thread is about pakistan's role in jihad, and not Bush's or American Army's. If you do not have anything on the topic, don't post.

If you have a grudge with America, find a suitable thread and post there.

Pak intelligence confirms JuD schools were preaching 'Jihad'

Lahore : Pakistani Government has taken over ten educational institutions supported by the banned utfit, Jamat-ud-Dawa, for promoting jihad in various parts of Punjab.

Sources quoted by The News have said that following a ban imposed on the JuD; intelligence agencies informed the overnment that ten of the educational institutions in various parts of Punjab were promoting extremism.

"Special lectures promoting Jihad are delivered to students especially at the time of assembly," sources quoting ntelligence reports said.

There are total 26 Jamat-ud-Dawa run educational institutions in the Punjab province but the Government appointed dministrators in only 10 selected schools.

Indoctrinating themes promoted in textbooks (in pakistan) - The Dawn

A lesson for primary students: “Our country is Pakistan. Pakistan is a Muslim country. Here Muslims live. Who am I? I am a Muslim. I am a Pakistani”.

• The ideology of Pakistan be presented as an accepted reality, and should never be subjected to discussion or dispute.

• To develop a sense of love for the ideology of Pakistan, (students should be able to) demonstrate an appreciation of the ideology.

• (The students should) find pleasure in protecting the ideology of Pakistan.

• In the teaching material, no idea of separation between the worldly and the religious should be given. Rather all the material should be presented from Islamic point of view.

• (The students should) know that national culture is not the local culture or local customs, but that it means the culture the principles which are laid down by Islam.

• Hindus have always been the enemy of Islam.

• The religion of Hindus did not teach them good things… Hindus do not respect women… social evils of Hindu customs are dealt with at length.

• (Students must) recognise the importance of jihad… be aware of the blessings of jihad and must have yearning for jihad in their hearts.

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Used to be called Bombay before the right-wing loons changed it

Sorry, you dont belong here. Ignorance and hate is writ large in your comment.

Your generalisation and motherhood statements do not carry logic.

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