Dr. Tariq Rahman
The author is a Distinguished National Professor of Linguistic History, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. His writings for Criterion Quarterly are: Madrassas: The Potential for Violence in Pakistan
Madrassas: The Potential for Violence in Pakistan
By Dr. Tariq Rahman[1] Abstract Since 9/11 the madrassas of Pakistan have come into international focus although none of the hijackers were from the country or were students from its seminaries. Madrassas undoubtedly have an obscurantist worldview but are not necessarily militant. Some of them espoused militancy because they were used by the state to
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