But what you con't know is why so many parents prefer to send their kids to madrasses: There is no alternative.
From Zenit:
another related story on Fides:
According to official data, 43% of primary schools do not have drinkable water and 55% have no toilets, these problems have existed for years and have never been faced. Over 16 thousand public schools do not have a building and more than 100 thousand do not have electricity. Rural schools, in particular, are left to themselves, without facilities and teachers, with serious repercussions for students.
This "disastrous" public education condition- note sources of Fides - creates and is understandable why there has been a huge increase in enrollment to madrasas, which often convey a restrictive and extremist vision of Islam.
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - The Talibans have done serious damage on the minds of children and young people. Their propaganda through songs, media, family visits, education, direct training, have attracted children and young people who today need real "rehabilitation programs" for this, sources in the civil society in Pakistan refer to Fides, in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly "Northwest Frontier") rehabilitation programs to "de-radicalize" young adolescents and manipulated by the Talibans have started. Many of them dreamed of becoming a "kamikaze", after having followed a training of six months in Taliban recruitment centers, especially in the valley of Swat.
The link between some Islamic charities and terrorism is also noted on StrategyPage
more background here.
and in their latest podcast, they cynically note all the propaganda on Arab news sites that is rarely mentioned in the western press.
Pointing out that radical Islam is dangerous and well funded is not a "war against Islam" any more than criticizing the Westboro Baptist church is "a war against Christianity"...
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