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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 20 > On a closer look, how much do madrasas nurture extremism?

On a closer look, how much do madrasas nurture extremism?

It depends on the madrasa, experts say

By Mark Magnier / The Bulletin
June 20, 2009

AKORA KHATTAK, Pakistan — The Darul Uloom Haqqania campus is a sprawling labyrinth of ashen buildings where young men in black beards and white skullcaps spend their days and nights on hard concrete floors learning all 77,701 words of the Quran. Some people call it the University of....

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