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Islamic Culture 09 Feb 2012, NewAgeIslam.Com Education in Pakistan does need a revolution, but it cannot come through mosque schools and madrasas By Pervez Hoodbhoy February 8, 2012

Three of his six invitees were bearded Maulanas. They agreed with the need for revolution, but declared that it could only happen through mosque schools and madrasas. During our noisy three-hour meeting, they ranted against the existing education system as a western conspiracy to secularise Pakistan. One Maulana insisted that literacy was worthless without teaching “alif-se-Allah, bay-se-bandooq, jeem-se-jihad”. -- Pervez Hoodbhoy http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamicCulture_1.aspx?ArticleID=6585