HOLY WAR 101.

TERRORISM; MADRASAHS; MUSHARRAF, Pervez, 1943-2023; AFGHAN politics & government, 2001-2021; PAKISTANI politics & government, 1988-; ANTI-Americanism; ISLAMIC education; RELIGIOUS education; ISLAM; ISLAM & state; RELIGION; WAR; JIHAD

Focuses on Islamic schools that are training a new wave of jihadists in the mountains of Pakistan. Example of a school where children study the Qur'an and learn of current events; Number of people killed in Afghanistan during the last six months, indicating an increase in the level of terrorist activity; Comments from one student, indicating a desire to overthrow the government of Afghanistan; Concern among officials in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush regarding the terrorist activity; Reaction by Pakistani government and leader General Pervez Musharraf to the militant groups and their affiliated schools, also called "madrasahs.".