Why are these two boys being held there and not allowed to leave? What have they learned there that they might bring back to Atlanta with them once they do get sprung?
“Lawmakers Meet With Musharraf to Get American Teens Released From Madrasa,” from Fox News, July 8 (thanks to all who sent this in):
WASHINGTON “” Two American teenage boys studying for the past four years at a radical madrasa in Karachi, Pakistan, have been unable to leave, a situation that has led three Texas lawmakers to meet with Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf to discuss their return, FOX News has learned.
The three lawmakers “” Republican Rep. Michael McCaul, and Democratic Reps. Gene Green and Henry Cuellar “” flew to Pakistan last week to discuss military affairs with Pakistani officials.
However, on their way to meet with Musharraf, McCaul mentioned to the others that these American were studying at a madrasa, or Islamic religious school. Green and Cuellar were unaware of the teens’ plight.
The boys were apparently sent to Pakistan by their Pakistani father. Their mother is American and the teens lived in the U.S. until being sent overseas several years ago. The parents are fighting over where the boys should be. The mother wants them returned to the United States. The father wants them in Pakistan.
The boys are Noor Elahi Khan, 17, and Mahboob Elahi Khan, 16, and are from the Atlanta area where they are constituents of Georgia Rep. Hank Johnson….
“There’s been a concern about madrasas who teach people how to hate America,” said Green who noted the radicalized schools are teaching “militant Islam.”…
No kidding, really?
The fact that the situation deals with one parent from Pakistan “makes it a little more complicated,” said Green. “Sharia law is a little different. It may give preference to the father.”…
No kidding, really?