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Agencies to identify troublesome madrassas
ISLAMABAD, July 20: The government has directed the intelligence agencies
to identify the madrassas involved in militancy and spreading hate material
across the country to contain the recent wave of extremism. Sources said on Thursday that there were about 17,000 madrassas in the country and the
agencies would need four to six months to complete their task and submit a
report to the Interior Ministry.
The sources said the agencies would investigate
the madrassas' links with militants and would check whether any madrassa was
preparing children for militancy. The sources said the decision in this regard
was taken at a meeting of the National Security Council on June 4 with President
General Pervez Musharraf in the chair. Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan
Sherpao briefed the meeting about increasing militancy in the country. The
sources said that the Interior Ministry had a list of 20 madrassas that were
involved in militancy across the country, but it was felt that the information
gathered by the intelligence agencies and provincial home departments was
incomplete and should be verified. Daily times
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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