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Bangladesh schools to warn of Islamist extremism
Bangladesh schools to warn of Islamist extremism - thenews.com.pk
Monday, November 05, 2012
From Print Edition
DHAKA: Bangladeshs schools and universities have been asked to warn pupils about the dangers of religious militancy as part of a campaign to tackle Islamist extremism, an official said on Sunday.
The government last week sent guidelines to the countrys 114,000 schools, seminaries and universities, A.Z.M. Nurul Hoque, a senior official at the education ministry, told AFP. Militancy in the name of religion is a major problem. We hope such programme will help raise social awareness against the menace, he said. We have asked the institutions to hold regular open talks with students to discuss militancy and its dangers.
In August, an autonomous government-run body began monitoring sermons at the countrys more than 200,000 mosques to ensure clerics did not promote violence. The Muslim-majority country also plans to integrate hundreds of Islamic religious schools into the mainstream secular education system.
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Bangladesh schools to warn of Islamist extremism
(AFP) – 6 hours ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igs5RY2bIEbvA9vt0IFvScUjeDLA?docId=CNG.7795a70ac221bd7b2f3097049c6ca4a1.591
DHAKA — Bangladesh's schools and universities have been asked to warn pupils about the dangers of religious militancy as part of a campaign to tackle Islamist extremism, an official said Sunday.
The government last week sent guidelines to the country's 114,000 schools, seminaries and universities, A.Z.M. Nurul Hoque, a senior official at the education ministry, told AFP.
"Militancy in the name of religion is a major problem. We hope such programme will help raise social awareness against the menace," he said.
"We have asked the institutions to hold regular open talks with students to discuss militancy and its dangers."
In August, an autonomous government-run body began monitoring sermons at the country's more than 200,000 mosques to ensure clerics did not promote violence.
The Muslim-majority country also plans to integrate hundreds of Islamic religious schools into the mainstream secular education system.
Bangladesh has escaped serious Islamist attacks, though a series of blasts by militants in 2004-2005 killed dozens of people and prompted fears that the country would become a hotspot for extremism.
Last month, a young Bangladeshi man was arrested in a sting operation in the United States on charges of plotting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve.
Bangladesh schools to warn of Islamist extremism - thenews.com.pk
Monday, November 05, 2012
From Print Edition
DHAKA: Bangladeshs schools and universities have been asked to warn pupils about the dangers of religious militancy as part of a campaign to tackle Islamist extremism, an official said on Sunday.
The government last week sent guidelines to the countrys 114,000 schools, seminaries and universities, A.Z.M. Nurul Hoque, a senior official at the education ministry, told AFP. Militancy in the name of religion is a major problem. We hope such programme will help raise social awareness against the menace, he said. We have asked the institutions to hold regular open talks with students to discuss militancy and its dangers.
In August, an autonomous government-run body began monitoring sermons at the countrys more than 200,000 mosques to ensure clerics did not promote violence. The Muslim-majority country also plans to integrate hundreds of Islamic religious schools into the mainstream secular education system.
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Bangladesh schools to warn of Islamist extremism
(AFP) – 6 hours ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5igs5RY2bIEbvA9vt0IFvScUjeDLA?docId=CNG.7795a70ac221bd7b2f3097049c6ca4a1.591
DHAKA — Bangladesh's schools and universities have been asked to warn pupils about the dangers of religious militancy as part of a campaign to tackle Islamist extremism, an official said Sunday.
The government last week sent guidelines to the country's 114,000 schools, seminaries and universities, A.Z.M. Nurul Hoque, a senior official at the education ministry, told AFP.
"Militancy in the name of religion is a major problem. We hope such programme will help raise social awareness against the menace," he said.
"We have asked the institutions to hold regular open talks with students to discuss militancy and its dangers."
In August, an autonomous government-run body began monitoring sermons at the country's more than 200,000 mosques to ensure clerics did not promote violence.
The Muslim-majority country also plans to integrate hundreds of Islamic religious schools into the mainstream secular education system.
Bangladesh has escaped serious Islamist attacks, though a series of blasts by militants in 2004-2005 killed dozens of people and prompted fears that the country would become a hotspot for extremism.
Last month, a young Bangladeshi man was arrested in a sting operation in the United States on charges of plotting to blow up the New York Federal Reserve.
