The dangers of poor education
http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1529761,00.html
And where do the charitable donations come from?
Pakistan's
public education system was dreadful, he said, and for many poor
families madrasas were the only hope that their sons could get an
education.
"We have 2,500 students studying here. They get food, lodging and education all free," he said. "We survive on charitable donations."
"We have 2,500 students studying here. They get food, lodging and education all free," he said. "We survive on charitable donations."
And where do the charitable donations come from?
Many mujahideen who
fought against the Soviets in the 1980s, studied at Pakistani madrasas
in the 1990s. A new hardline movement, the Taliban, emerged from the
dusty roadside mosques in Pakistan's frontier provinces.