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Terrorists hate Muslims

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Mullah Caught in Debate Over Tradition vs. Modern Education – NYTimes.com

Mullah Caught in Debate Over Tradition vs. Modern Education – NYTimes.com. On opposite sides of a dusty road, thousands of Muslim students in this remote farming town are preparing for very different futures. On one side, inside a traditional Islamic seminary, teenage boys in skullcaps are studying ancient texts to become imams. On the other, students are hunched before computers in college classrooms, learning to become doctors, pharmacists and engineers.