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2005-07-23 Afghanistan/South Asia

Clerics condemn terrorism in Friday prayer sermons

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Posted by Fred 2005-07-23 00:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 One of the problems with the maddrasses is that they're populated by orphans. Close them and what do you do with all the kids? BUT, that said, these "schools" are such an affront to human beings, being nothing more than brainwashing centers in exchange for food and shelter, it just makes my blood boil. The kids are prisoners of the system. They're forced to "dumb-down" to ape-hood so they don't starve. There is no true learning, no imagination, no playing, no dialogue, no questioning, no learning tools or supplies, no crayons, no books, no stories, no creativity, no constructivist approach--just the Koran. It's bascially child abuse. No wonder so many grow up to be horrors.

Posted by ex-lib 2005-07-23 00:57|| 2005-07-23 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 It's bascially child abuse.

If you believe the stories, there is a lot of actual child abuse occuring in these seminaries, from both the Mullahs and the older students.

Posted by Paul Moloney 2005-07-23 01:46|| 2005-07-23 01:46|| Front Page Top

#3 However, many people individually protested against the governmentâs crackdown on madrassas after the Friday prayers and declared the governmentâs policies unwise and anti-madrassa.

How dare they question the boys use as bomb fodder!

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-23 02:36|| 2005-07-23 02:36|| Front Page Top

#4 One of the problems with the maddrasses is that they're populated by orphans.

Also the many spare sons of the the poor, and the sons of the ambitious but unmoneyed. I realize the formal education available in Pakistan is abysmal, but it is better than that available at the Madrassas. However, only the moneyed are afforded an opportunity to go to "proper" schools, so what are the rest of the Pakistanis to do?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-23 06:10|| 2005-07-23 06:10|| Front Page Top

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