Pervez Hoodhbhoy, a Pakistani nuclear physics professor and writer on social and political issues, has seen the fury that drives men to take up violent causes during his meetings with members of the Pakistani community in the United States.
He says clamping down on militant networks on the Internet could be impossible for any government. But Hoodhbhoy emphasised that Pakistan’s policy of trying to modernise religious schools, some of which are seen as breeding grounds for extremism, may make the job more difficult.
‘The government put these computers and Internet into the madrasas as part of its reform package. The hope was that this would modernise the madrasas,’ said Hoodhbhoy, who has been called a traitor by militants on the Internet and received death threats.
‘In fact, it has given them means of networking with jihadist groups across the world.’
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