Textbooks In Pakistani Government Schools Teaching Hate Against Christians And Hindus, Jihad And Martyrdom To Young Students
By: Tufail Ahmad
Study By Pakistani NGO: Textbooks Teaching Jihad And Martyrdom To Primary School Children Include Desired Learning Outcomes Such As: "Must Be Aware Of The Blessings Of Jihad, And Must Create Yearning For Jihad In His Heart"; "Recognize The Importance Of Jihad In Every Sphere Of Life"
The textbooks teach: "Hindu has always been an enemy of Islam"; "The religion of the Hindus did not teach them good things – Hindus did not respect women"; "Hindus worship in temples which are very narrow and dark places, where they worship idols. Only one person can enter the temple at a time"; "In our mosques, on the other hand, all Muslims can say their prayers together." {Hakeem's favorite quote}
In Social Studies for Grade 8, a lesson on the ideology of Pakistan teaches: "Hindu racists" want to destroy the Muslims as well as other nations (Pages 103-104); every Hindu violated the rights of Muslims (Page 115); Hindus habitually deceived Muslims and similar anti-Hindu references run throughout the book (Pages 107-109, 111-112, 115-116). A lesson on the existence of Pakistan notes: Hindus and Sikhs started bloodshed on large scale against Muslims (Page 119), etc.
In Urdu for Grade 9, a lesson notes: "at one end there were frequent attacks by Christian missionaries against Islam"; Christian missionaries found it "easy and result-oriented" to target Islam and some missionaries thought that if they could defeat Muslims, there would be no other religion that could take a position against them (Page 16). In Urdu for Grade 10, students are taught: infidel practices began in the country due to the interference of Hindus in politics (Page 15); Hindus conspired to hurt Muslims and Hindus converted Muslims (Page 16); Hindus did not like the decision of the existence of Pakistan and opposed its creation (Page 17), and so on.
In the worse case it could find electoral accommodation with another party from Srinagar ready to recommend to the centre in Delhi to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian constitution that will effectively eliminate Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and integrate it into mainland India. A process which began with the Simla Agreement of mutualising Kashmir as a bilateral issue, rather than an international dispute despite the UNSC resolutions, would obviate it as an issue at all with its legalised annexation suitably supported under a domestically triggered democratic ruse. India could then go back to the UNSC to rescind all its resolutions on Kashmir. The UN and most of the world, already wary of intervening in a bilateral dispute, in all probability will be inclined to put behind the likeliest nuclear flashpoint and may readily acquiesce in favour of an ascending India. This may seem ambitious but given the diverging trajectories of their respective value of each to the world India may simply out-manoeuvre Pakistan in gaining world’s favour.