[eno_]

This is very good news. THIS is how the war on terror will ultimately be won. It will take a very long time, but we have to turn Islam into a Religion of Peace. Or we have to eliminate it.

[lavaroise]

Look for secular convergence of socialism and Islamism here too...

[My Identity]

A move in the right direction.
How Mush plans to stay alive is another matter.

[The Bored One]

A true ally in the war on Terror ... good job to Musharaf

[MichaelP]

If Musharraf follows through on this it is indeed good news. Now if we can get the rest of the arab world to act thusly...

Mike

[knighthawk]

This is not Musharraf war against terror, but his war against his opponents. The extremists are challenging him openly. With all this he hopes to limit their power.

Pakistan aided the Afghan and Kashmiri terror groups in the past, and even do it now.

[Dog Gone]

Outstanding news. The only way to win the war on terrorism is to stop the creation of new terrorists.

Musharraf is making dramatic progress in his country and I wish other countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, would follow his lead.

[KC_Conspirator]

This is great news. For Musharraf's sake, he must do this for himself and all level headed Pakistani's or the evil islamofascists will kill them all.

[Don Myers]

bttt

[cake_crumb]

"Pakistan will soon enact laws that ban the teaching of extreme Islamic views at its 8,000 madrassas..."

YAWN. This sounds very nice, but talk is cheap.

Call me back after Pakistan has actually enacted AND begun enforcing these laws. Which would most likely cause civil war, so I won't hold my breath.

[Rockitz]

I hope this is realized, but I have seen too many "tell them anything they want to hear" lines coming from this regime. It seems to be all about lining Musharraf's pockets with our tax dollars.

[marshmallow]

According to the Libertarians on this site, banning something is a sure-fire way to promote it. So they tell me.

Shouldn't they be legalizing radical Islam?

Or does this theory apply only to drugs and sex?

[Clink]

"No madrassas will be allowed to indulge in militancy," Mehmood Ghazi told reporters at a press conference.



And in other news, Yasser Arafat told the Palestinians to stop blowing people up.

Yeah, right.

[Post Toasties]

Now we need laws like this in Western countries.

[irish guard]

Gee, I guess they don't have nearly the difficulty with "profiling" over there that we do here in the U.S.!

I am still ticked that the airport guards bothered to frisk Al Gore the last time he traveled. What a waste of time. Look for the real criminals, not guys who do it through the stealth of governmental abuse!

[swarthyguy]

OK fine but will the Saudis stop funding these murder factories?

[Jaysin]

Lets all look at the bright side... If these news can make even 1% of these schools (about 80) change their views from teaching the Al-terrorist branch of Islam to the Non Al-Terrorist side of Islam, then we can perhaps prevent about 4000 younglings from becoming terrorists each semester!

But that leaves about 396,000 younglings as potential Al-Qaida operatives a semester! (assuming greaduating classes of 50!)

The future of Islam is saved!

[Jaysin]

Lets all look at the bright side... If these laws can make even 1% of these schools (about 80) change their views from teaching the Al-terrorist branch of Islam to the Non Al-Terrorist side of Islam, then we can perhaps prevent about 4000 younglings from becoming terrorists each semester!

But that leaves about 396,000 younglings as potential Al-Qaida operatives a semester! (assuming greaduating classes of 50!)

The future of Islam is saved!

[mikeIII]

Like he rounded up extremist group leaders and shut down terror camps a few months ago? Musharraf is just the latest in a long line of dictators and generals with grandiose talk. This is Western consumption. He is neither willing nor capable.

[Autodidactic]

But, I don't understand, why is this nessessary? I was told Islam was a religion of peace. Wouldn't that mean that "Radical Islamists" were really really peaceful??

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