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  • Jihad remains key subject in Pakistan's religious schools

    10/26/2003 4:12:39 AM PST · by milestogo · 5 replies · 128+ views
    Jihad remains key subject in Pakistan's religious schools Sun Oct 26, 2:44 AM ET QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) - Religious schools in parts Pakistan's poverty-hit southwest remain fountainheads of militancy, despite reforms initiated by President Pervez Musharraf two years ago to regulate seminaries. AFP Photo   About 3,000 Islamic schools, or madrassas, operate in Baluchistan province, most run by the pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), a key player in the countrys politically powerful Muttahida Majlis Amal religious alliance. And with JUI, like the Taliban, comprised of fundamentalist and conservative Sunni Muslims, there are concerns that the madrassas are becoming hothouses for...