Recently, Paul Salem delivered a potent message through an article, “War against Extremism” in a local newspaper. His concluding sentence says it all, “The struggle for the future of the Arab and Muslim worlds that is being fought now will be won or lost not on the battlefield, but in the classroom.” To know that “Taleban” means “students” was yet another revelation for me. The question is: students of what? Love or hatred? Also, why only young men (or boys) are recruited by these extremist organisations?
Indeed, family and school are the nurseries for young minds. What they learn and imbibe in these places would shape their’s and that of world’s destiny as they grow. Utmost care and caution is needed in bringing up children and making them true inheritors of our progress. In this context, it is counter-productive to lower guards in educating and employing young ones. Knife gains its sharpness only when rubbed against rough surface. Gold becomes more valuable only after burning in intense fire. Similarly, youngsters would shine only against appropriate benchmarks both in schools and at work. Messing with high benchmarks of learning and working is, indeed, spoiling their future and increasing ‘educational poverty’.
2 comments:
I totally agree with you and Paul Salem and just to add to this write up, more than school even the house and the environment in house is to be blamed to many extent. Moreover, poverty leads to all crime. If your stomach is full then you would never think of stealing food, the same way, its always the poor young boys and men who get attracted to these extremist organisations. Ex.: Even Dubai is a middle eastern country but we don't see any thing happening bcoz they have money + a very good governing body. Where as countries like Iran and Iraq having tremendous of oil reserves still lack behind bcoz of its unhealthy political structure.
Aditya,
Thanks for your comments. Poverty is linked to the primary human instinct of survival and hence is definitely a factor.
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