Reform of the madrassas? It might not be that easy. From the Daily Times, with thank to Jean-Luc:
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) acting president Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Monday warned the government it would would launch a great protest movement if it tried to take the ‘jihadi’ inculcations out of school syllabi.Speaking at the Jamaat-e-Islami’s Mansoora Degree College, he said the government was eliminating words like jihad and mujahid and quranic verses regarding jihad from school textbooks, which was tantamount to treachery with the nation and the ideology of Pakistan. “To combat this, a major jihadi campaign has become necessary,” Qazi declared.
Criticizing President Musharraf’s polices, he said the Pakistan First slogan was misleading the nation. “He has no concept of ummah, but the general should note that the country came into existence on Islamic ideology and it could survive on that basis alone”, he said, criticizing the US for wanting to overwhelm ‘the ummah’ mentally and physically.
".... criticizing the US for wanting to overwhelm ‘the ummah’"
He's projecting. It is the ummah who want to overwhelm us.
On second thought, I leave it up for debate whether Western civilization could co-exist with the Ummah. Perhaps in the end one will have to overwhelm the other or perish.
We live in interesting times.
The Ummah wants the world - including us! Nothing else will satisfy these people.
This is going to be a long struggle!
jihan
Jihad isn't part of our curriculum, and it's insulting to have anyone like this whacko expecting it to be.....ship them out of here. If their title is Imam, they should be investigated.