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The Madrassa Rumor Returns. By Brian Montopoli. April 13, 2007 / 12:34 PM EDT / CBS News Liberal media watchdog ...
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, Pakistan's president, this week let it be known that he would like to stay in power even after his current term expires in 2007. Supporters of the general, who seized power in a ...
Jan. 24, 2007 — -- Sensing a need to respond to an untrue allegation that he had been educated during his childhood in an Indonesia madrassa, Sen. Barack Obama and his staff have aggressively ...
But experts here can’t say the same about every other madrassa in the country. Religious schools provide Koranic teachings to 3.5 million children and young adults in Pakistan, and officials and ...
Ash, soot-stained walls, burnt furniture and charred pages: that's all that remains of a 113-year-old madrassa library in India that once housed more than 4,500 books, including ancient ...