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Re: The enemity between India and Pakistan and the Muslims is religion based.

Here is some information on what is taught in Pakistan schools.

Pak textbooks build hate culture against India

The empowerment of terror in Pakistan has not happened overnight. This
is the logical culmination of the politics and policies pursued by
Pakistan
for years now.

Terrorism in Pakistan has its roots in the culture of hate and the
ethos of inequality on the ground of religious faith, leading to their
being deeply ingrained in the Pakistani psyche and mindset.

One factor that has played a crucial role in creating this culture of
hate is the educational policy of the government of Pakistan pursued
since 1977. The officially prescribed textbooks, especially for school
students, are full of references that promote hate against India in
general, and Hindus in particular.

A cursory glance at Pakistani school textbooks - especially the
compulsory subjects like Pakistan studies and social studies - gives
an idea of how history has been distorted and a garbled version
prescribed to build this mindset and attitude.

The objective of Pakistan's education policy has been defined thus in
the preface to a Class 6 book: "Social studies have been given special
importance in educational policy so that Pakistan's basic ideology
assumes the shape of a way of life, its practical enforcement is
assured, the concept of social uniformity adopts a practical form and
the whole personality of the individual is developed." This statement
leaves no doubt that "social uniformity", not national unity, is a
part of Pakistan's basic ideology.

The Class 5 book has this original discovery about Hindu help to bring
British rule to India: "The British had the objective to take over
India and to achieve this, they made Hindus join them and Hindus were
very glad to side with the British. After capturing the subcontinent,
the British began on the one hand the loot of all things produced in
this area, and on the other, in conjunction with Hindus, to greatly
suppress the Muslims."

The Std VIII book says, "Their (Muslim saints) teachings dispelled
many superstitions of the Hindus and reformed their bad practices.
Thereby Hindu religion of the olden times came to an end."

On Indo-Pak wars, the books give detailed descriptions and openly
eulogize 'jihad' and 'shahadat' and urge students to become 'mujahids'
and martyrs and leave no room for future friendship and cordial
relations with India.

According to a Class 5 book, "In 1965, the Pakistani army conquered
several areas of India, and when India was on the point of being
defeated, she requested the United Nations to arrange a ceasefire.
After 1965, India, with the help of Hindus living in East Pakistan,
instigated the people living there against the people of West
Pakistan, and finally invaded East Pakistan in December 1971. The
conspiracy resulted in the separation of East Pakistan from us. All of
us should receive military training and be prepared to fight the
enemy."

The book prescribed for higher secondary students makes no mention of
the uprising in East Pakistan in 1971 or the surrender by more than
90,000 Pakistani soldiers. Instead, it claims, "In the 1971
India-Pakistan war, the Pakistan armed forces created new records of
bravery and the Indian forces were defeated everywhere."

The students of Class 3 are taught that "Muhammad Ali (Jinnah) felt
that Hindus wanted to make Muslims their slaves and since he hated
slavery, he left the Congress". At another place it says, "The
Congress was actually a party of Hindus. Muslims felt that after
getting freedom, Hindus would make them their slaves."

And this great historic discovery is taught to Std V students,
"Previously, India was part of Pakistan."

Commenting on this literature that spreads hate, leading Pakistani
educationist Tariq Rahman wrote, "It is a fact that the textbooks
cannot mention Hindus without calling them cunning, scheming,
deceptive or something equally insulting. Students are taught and made
to believe that Pakistan needs strong and aggressive policies against
India or else Pakistan will be annihilated by it."

(The author is a former Union minister)

27 Dec 2008, 0239 hrs IST, ARIF MOHAMMED KHAN
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistani_textbooks_build_hate_culture_against_India/articleshow/3898659.cms

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