If it was that easy to de-radicalized individuals and the indicators are the ops in Swat etc. than we are basically fooling ourselves. It took one year for some 12 odd boys out of 100 to be sent back to their home after de-radicalization in a military supervised, civilian taught dorm school in Swat valley. The teachers themselves came under attack and one of them died. The program is still on.
It is a long haul thing. Undoing 31 years in 3 is not possible. It requires the following step for starters after imposing a State-of-Emergency:
1. Unified syllabus for all schools, both Government, or Madressahs.
2. Revamp of education thru establishment of day dorm schools and incentives like regular supply of Wheat, Ghee, Milk, Sugar to families sending their kids to school. This should be on per child basis.
3. Enhance the teaching level with better trained teachers.
4. Vocational training after tenth grade in Plumbing, Mechanics, Electrician, lock smith, drafting, typing, land survey, paramedic, paralegal, nursing etc. i.e. trade training in sync with rural and urban needs.
5. Re-registering and running background check by Federal Agencies of all types of charities should be the prerequisite to receive charitable donations. All donors, by law should be required to disclose the amount and the recipient otherwise a heavy jail term will be in the works. This disclosure can be attached to sales and Income tax returns.
6. All mosques have to be registered and should have license to operate/commence building. The Fatawa can be issued by Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman. Unlicensed/unauthorized/illegally built on occupied land mosques should be demolished . Let the Chief Justice take up these cases – let him also shoulder some responsibility of correcting this country.
7. A strict Code of conduct should be put in place by PEMRA on channels to only air programs of religious nature which have religious scholars and not quasi political/religious scholars on their shows.
8. Banning and making of all FATWAS and publishing/airing them a criminal offence with heavy jail sentences. Fatwas can only be issued by Govt. appointed Religious Team.
8. Airing of Taliban/Al-Qaeda interviews/literature shoul be banned.
ETC. etc. etc.
The basis of these steps, Choke off funding, remove the supply of readymade recruits due to poverty for these madressahs, discourage use of Islam to further the political agendas of quasi religious parties on air. Discourage sowing of confusion and discord in the masses.
These an many more are some of the possible steps that can be taken to De-radicalize our Army!!! Yes our Army -- it should start from our homes and not the barracks.
My 2c worth of spin.