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| India-Pakistan |
| Pervaiz Rasheed madrassa faux pas: Khawaja Asif attempts damage control |
| 2015-05-20 |
| [DAWN] Defence Minister Khawaja Asif defended Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed's earlier statements calling religious seminaries "centres of ignorance and illiteracy" in the National Assembly on Tuesday. He said Rasheed had referred only to a few seminaries against whom there is evidence of involvement in terrorism. The defence minister asserted that out of the approximately more than 20,000 seminaries in Pakistain, only about three to four per cent assist miscreants or directly facilitate terrorism. He went on to say that putting up banners or announcing fatwas against Rasheed is not a service to Islam. He added that the information minister had already apologised and offered a clarification on his remarks in Senate, so the matter should be let go. Pervaiz Rasheed faced heavy criticism from religious elements, mainly belonging to the Deobandi school of thought, following an address to a conference in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on May 3 where, speaking about madrassas, he said "These universities of ignorance, to whom we give donations and hides, are giving an ideology of hatred and conservativeness to the society." Seminaries have come under greater surveillance following the December 2014 attacks on Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. 's Army Public School. Reports released by the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... (KP) provincial governments investigating seminaries revealed 147 foreign-funded seminaries in Punjab, and 145 'highly-sensitive' seminaries in KP. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Gaffe: when a politician speaks the truth. |
| Posted by: Elminesing Glutle8691 2015-05-20 20:14 |