Pakistan's Educational System Fuels Religious Discrimination
November 9, 2011 | by USCIRF
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new study sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and conducted by the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD) found that Pakistan's public...
When the whole education system is designed to fuel religious extremism, what do you expect to get. The more educated they get, the more extreme they become.
Yeah. Quite right.. Its all an eyewash to show to the world that Pakistan is fighting the war on terror to get some billions of dollars in aid from western countries.
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