Posted on 02/04/2006 5:56:44 PM PST by blam
Mullah sought after boys flee school in chains
By Massoud Ansari in Karachi
(Filed: 05/02/2006)
Pakistani police have issued an arrest warrant for a mullah at one of the country's Islamic schools after two young pupils claimed to have been beaten up and kept in chains for failing to memorise Koranic scripture.
Mohammad Ammar, eight, and Ahsan Mawia, 10, were found crawling through the streets in shackles in the dead of night after fleeing in terror from a strict school in Karachi. The pair were in a "hysterical state" and showed "visible sign of torture", according to police who examined them.
Ordeal: The two boys are recovering after their escape Their ordeal has reignited concern over the lack of controls on Pakistan's estimated 20,000 Islamic schools, or madrassas, which already face accusations of sponsoring Islamic militancy.
Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf pledged to bring them under closer supervision last year after suspicions that two of the London July 7 bombers, Shehzad Tanweer and Mohammed Sidique Khan, had used madrassas as rendezvous points with al-Qaeda operatives.
The case of the two young boys has attracted considerable publicity in Pakistan, and has led to madrassas facing scrutiny over the methods of their teaching in addition to its content. Police said the boys, who had been sent for schooling by their impoverished parents, had previously tried to escape. The pair told detectives that during their eight months at the school they were beaten almost daily and given very little food to eat.
"We were slapped and beaten with wooden sticks almost every day because they thought we were not improving and we were unable to memorise the long verses," the boys said in a statement.
On their first escape attempt, fellow pupils spotted them and brought them back to school, after which they were severely beaten and chained up to prevent them running off again. They finally broke free after jumping from the madrassa roof at night.
"They kept crawling all the night in chains in the streets, and were finally spotted by a local who brought them to the police station," a police official said. "One was bleeding profusely, while both of them had bruises and visible sign of torture."
The mullah running the school, who has since disappeared, faces a charge of illegal confinement and up to 18 months in jail.
Staff at the school, which has about 150 male pupils, are said to have claimed that only unruly pupils were disciplined, although the two boys say such punishments were widespread.
L
Reminds me of that old Pace Picante commercial....."Get a rope".......
"Staff at the school, which has about 150 male pupils, are said to have claimed that only unruly pupils were disciplined, although the two boys say such punishments were widespread."
More enlightenment from the Religion of Peace.
Anyone who thinks the Islamofascists can be lived with is deluding himself. The more I learn, the more I think it's a case of them or us.
and the war has already started, and we already know they won't take any prisoners...
It aint Slim W, but this'll gitr done!
Kill A Commie For Mommie
Except insane.
animals, animals, animals.
Oops, now way, no animal does that to its own kind.
SCUMBAG, WICKED, SUBHUMAN, MONSTERS.
We are dealing with Satanic lunatics.
It's them or us.
And please enlighten me as to the last time you saw hundreds of Christians in the street waving signs that say anyone who insults Christ should be beheaded. I breathlessly await your response.
L
Well maybe when you have spent a year or two in my combat boots you might have a little more of an informed opinion. Until then you are talking out of your ass
There might be a handful of muslims who don't understand their own religion, but it has been 700 years since the Christians did anything approaching what the followers of the pedophile muhammed (may he burn forever in hell between 2 pigs) are doing RIGHT NOW.
50,000 mooslims rallied today to call for the death of people who use free speech and dare to point out exactly what that evil, evil man did when he cleverly wrapped a grab for power in religion.
You can't be serious. Are you equating the required adherence to the tenets of Islam to those of Christianity? Are your friends full-fledged Muslims who believe that young boys should be tortured and starved for not reading their Koran?
They take their lumps. Have you seen the comments on the threads about Catholic priests?
So you can take that 'combat boot' crap and blow it out your ass sonny boy. I've btdt.
Like I said, when I see your pals marching in the streets denouncing the psychopaths who seem to be running the "All Islam All The Time" channel.
Thanks for you service.
L
The enemy isn't muslims...the enemy is (partly) islam.
Unfortunately, even after islam is eradicated...the enemy (evil) is still alive.
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