Author: Vicky Nanjappa & Krishnakumar
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Publication: Rediff.com
Date: February 24, 2009
URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/24amazing-anti-india-syllabus-of-pak-madrassas.htm
"India was part of Pakistan before 1947.
In the 1965 war, Pakistan conquered several
areas of India and staring at a certain defeat, New Delhi requested the United
Nations to arrange for a ceasefire.
During the 1971 war, the Pakistan Army demonstrated
great courage and valour and inflicted humiliating blows on the Indian forces
on both the Eastern and Western fronts."
This excerpts may puzzle you, but according
to some madrasas in Pakistan, it is nothing, but history. Ten year olds in
those madrassas are injected with such and more distorted 'facts', says a
confidential Intelligence Bureau report.
Besides the impressionable minds are further
indoctrinated with a textbook called 44 ways to support Jihad, written by
Anwar-al-Awalaki.
The IB report, which is based on textbooks
from madrasas and the interrogation of several arrested terror suspects including
those involved in the Mumbai terror attacks, says that the number of such
"anti-India madrasas" is on the rise.
The report says that a typical text book for
Class 111 starts with chapters on culture before moving on to subjects like
the wars with India.
With the context set, and India painted as
the enemy, the textbooks swiftly move on the importance of jihad and martyrdom.
The curriculum also lays a bit of emphasis
on English. A chapter teaches the letters of the alphabet with examples like:
B for bandook, k for knife, R for rocket, T for tank, and S for sword.
Studies on these madrassas also show that
these outfits glorify violence. Even the games the kids play involve shooting
practice with air guns and war games.
On culture and history, the textbooks, which
are not available in the market and are distributed directly in the madrassas
mostly run by the Jammat-ud-Dawa, teach how Muslim saints reformed Hindus
and helped abolish their superstition and wrong practices.
A chapter on Muhammad Ali Jinnah states that
he saved Muslims from being enslaved by the Hindu Congress party, which encouraged
slavery.
A select group of children from these madrassas
are then inducted into terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, whose group
of children is called the 'White Falcons', which begins grooming children
for jihad right from when they are 10.
The report says that there are around 6,000
madrasas in Pakistan, most of which, an official said, are rooted in such
a culture of hate.
"At least half of the madrassas in Pakistan
adopt the Lashkar's curriculum and at present there are around 5,83,000 students
studying in such madrassas."
"Though most students are from Pakistan,
there are also around 16,000 Afghan children and some 18,000 foreign students,"
the official said.
The report says that outfits like the LeT
are very choosy about the induction into such schools.
"They pick and chose children from very
poor families. Till, the education is complete, they are taken care of and
the families are given some money each month," the officer said.
The report says that some students realise
that they are unfit to take up any vocation after a stint in these schools
and by the time they reach Class X decide to join other legitimate madrassas
which also teach mathematics, science, medicine and other subjects.
