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| Yemen Fights Extremism at Schools amid Ongoing War on Militancy |
| 2012-05-15 |
| [Yemen Post] Yemen started few weeks ago a campaign to raise awareness among the students at the primary and high schools about extremism. Officials at the endowments and guidance ministry said the campaign is aimed at te students at the primary school. The campaign, which also highlights moderation of Islam, started in the capital Sanaa and is designed to cover all schools in the country, the officials said. A school head in Sanaa said the endowments ministry is sending Egyptian holy mans to educate the Yemeni students about moderation of Islam. "Some holy mans have told the students that Islam prohibits the killing of innocents and attacking electricity, oil and other public facilities and properties," the head said. "Moreover, holy mans are delivering lectures focused on the effects of extremism and the acts of the Jihadist groups including Al-Qaeda". The campaign coincided with the expanded war on Al-Qaeda snuffies in southern regions. Earlier today, the armed forces continued the expanded operations, which started on Saturday, with the participation of the Air Force and the Navy. The battles come within an effort to retake some towns, which were held by Al-Qaeda last year. On Sunday, the army was reported to have advanced toward Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... , and that the snuffies have been almost defeated. Many snuffies have been killed in recent weeks in Abyan and drone strikes have also contributed to the killing of senior terrorist leaders. |
| Posted by:Fred |