Pakistaanse Koran-scholen en terreur

Shariawatch — Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:52:00 GMT

In de NY Review of Books schrijft William Dalrymple (de historicus, niet de psychiater) een lang stuk waarin hij de Pakistaanse (en Indiaase) gratis Koran-scholen afzet tegen hun vermeende bijdrage aan terreur. Inside the Madrasas (1 dec, 2005).

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" Their focus, in other words, is not on opposing non-Muslims or the West - the central concern of the global jihadis - so much as fostering what they see as proper Islamic behavior at home, the personal law governing which is a central subject of madrassa teachings. In contrast, few al-Qaeda agents seem to have more than the most perfunctory grasp of Islamic law or learning. Moreover, there is a growing body of evidence that bin Laden himself actually despises what he sees as the nit-picking juridical approach of the madrassa-educated ulema (clerics), regarding his own brand of violent Islamism as a wholly more appropriate answer to the problems of the Muslim world. "

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" A brilliant discussion of bin Laden's usurpation of the role of the madrassa-based ulema can be found in the illuminating essay Landscapes of the Jihad, by Faisal Devji, who teaches at the New School. Devji points out just how deeply unorthodox bin Laden is, with his cult of martyrs and frequent talk of dream and visions, all of which derive from popular, mystical, and Shi'ite Islamic traditions, against which the orthodox Sunni ulema have long struggled. Moreover, bin Laden and his followers "routinely attack the most venerable clerics and seminaries, accusing them of being slaves of apostate regimes ... They also issue their own legal opinions or fatwas without possessing the learning or clerical authority to do so."

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Pakistaanse Koran-scholen en terreur