Final Draft Thesis Paper.pdf - Brandeis University
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andtheeliminationofothersects”(Zahab,83).Religiouspoliticalpartiesalignthemselvesandoperatemanyofthemadrasas. TheMadrasas areknownforteachingviolenceandhatredtowardsothersectsofIslam.JihadorHolyWarisnotonlyforthenon‐Muslims,forthemadrasas,theinfidelhasbecomemembersofothersectsofIslam.Povertyandnorealaccesstoeducationforcestheseyoungchildrenofruralpeasantstowardsextremismandviolence. Inmadrasas,studentsaregivenaneducation,food,lodging,andmostimportantlyaplacetobelong.ClassesaretaughtinArabic,whicheventheteachersdonotfullyunderstand.Studentsaretaughtgoodbehaviorandobediencethroughphysicalabuse.Thestudentsofthemadrasas arecutofffromtherestofthesocietyandfindapurposeinlifebyservingtheirreligion. Themadrasasgivetheirstudents’familiesarespectfulplaceinsociety:“Theparentsgainrespectofthelocalmullahforsendingtheirchildrentotheseschools,ahadithsaysthattheparentsofahafizeQuran willbeblessedwithaluminouscrownontheDayofJudgment”(Zahab,83).Themadrasas givestheirstudentsaplacetobelongandafuture.DuetofactthatthereisareallackofPakistaninationalidentity,individualswhohavebeenaffectednegativelybychangehaveturnedtoorinthecaseofmadrasas beentaughttoseekanidentitywithinreligionthatputsemphasisonhatetowardsthePakistaniotherwithavaryingbeliefsystem(Zahab,84).ManywhohavefailedordroppedoutoftheUrdusystemofeducationlackarealeducation,andthereforejobqualifications.Theirlackofeducationhasleftthemfeelingisolatedfromtherestofsociety.Theirfamiliesaretoopoortosupportthem,34
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