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• n  Muslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan

• Still, the government's attack on the madrasah last July was widely condemned.
• Clouds of charcoal smoke wafted into the air, and the scent of grilling meat floated out over streets bustling with pilgrims, madrasah students, sellers of rose petals, little boys .
• BATTLE LINE: Armed students belonging to the Red Mosques madrasah fire at Pakistani forces besieging their Islamabad complex on July 3.

• madrasa

Quotes

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• Hamid Karzai in RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
  Neither this young boy nor his father is to be blamed,Karzai said. "He sent his son [to a madrasah] for education. The enemies of the religion wanted this young boy to destroy himself and to destroy other Muslims with him. I forgive him...
• Abdus Sattar in The Statesman
  Mr Abdus Sattar, state minister of madrasah education, said: "The project is a big step for the development of madrasah education in the state. The department is also considering the formation of a regional office to organise and manage the system...