Pak kids taught 'A' for Allah, 'B' for bandook
Citing stark examples
from school curriculum, a prominent Islamabad-based scholar has said that
extremely religious and anti-India views fed into children in schools
reinforced the cycle of extremism that showed no signs of receding in Pakistan .
Pervez Hoodbhoy, nuclear physicist and prominent commentator on current issues,
showed the examples at a lively seminar held in the King's
College on the role of education in combating terrorism, organised by the Democracy
Forum.
The examples showed by Hoodbhoy included images
and text from a primer that mentioned the Urdu equivalent of A as Allah,
B as bandook, Te astakrao,
J as jehad, H as hijab,
Kh as khanjar and Ze as zunoob. Hoodbhoy, whose presentation title was
'How education fuels terrorism in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan', also
showed a college which is seen as going up in flames, containing images of
things considered sinful: kites, guitar, satellite TV, carrom board, chess,
wine bottles and harmonium. Examples cited by Hoodbhoy from another curriculum
document for Class V students included tasks such as discussion on: 'Understand
Hindu-Muslim differences and the resultant need for Pakistan', 'India's evil
designs against Pakistan', 'Make speeches on shehadat and jehad'.
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