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Djim is for Jihad, K is for Kalashnikov. The text books by extremist organizations are more The educationist’s concerns over questionable text books– Pervez Hoodbhoy
The educationist’s concerns over questionable text books– Pervez Hoodbhoy than sufficient to corrupt the tender minds at beginners’ schools. These books with copious notions of violence and terror produce young brigade of militants and suicide bombers. The risks of terrorism in future can be avoided if the strict actions are taken against the publication houses and organizations developing and printing these materials.Convinced of this line of reasoning of Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy, the renowned scholar and educationist at the seminar on “Role of Youth in Combating Extremism” Future Youth Group (FYG) vows to take up this issue with the ministry of education.

This topic is not new for FYG. The motivated young liberals have conducted a similar research report on hate materials against minorities in the text books which eventually resulted into successful changes in the curricula.

Currently, while confronted with the challenge of terrorism and extremism in Pakistan, the intelligentsia and the civil society are also analyzing the factors that drive the human mind to the point of no return: What steers the bewildered youth to take the desperate measures against themselves and the population? The answers are not simple. one findings of researchers are that the students of doubtful Madrassas are bereft of innocence when they open their first reader and recognize the alphabets with the help of hostilet owhat? pictures.

Olaf Kellerhoff, the FNF representative also dwelled upon the reasons and definitions of terror and terrorism around the globe. At this occasion, the representative of the ministry of education and the leader of the senate, Nayyar Bokhari urged civil society and youth to join hands with the government to tackle the menace of fear and militancy reporting about their findings to the relevant authorities.

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