Bangladeshi Madrasa Students Dressed as ISIS Fighters at Cultural Program
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Bangladeshi Madrasa Students Dressed as ISIS Fighters at Cultural Program

Deccan Chronicle  

Pune: Dr Abraham Mathai, former Vice-Chairman of Maharashtra State Minorities Commission, has expressed deep concern over alarming reports from Bangladesh at Jessore’s Jamia Islamia Madrasa that depict students dressed as ISIS militants, holding toy guns, reportedly under the guidance of a cleric. When they grow up, they will wield real guns, swords, and grenades… pic.twitter.com/YtBBp4Px0e “These shocking visuals from a cultural program, now viral on social media, raise serious questions about the psychological conditioning of young minds in Bangladesh,” Dr Mathai said in a statement. He said the popular Bangladeshi author and feminist Taslima Nasreen has also criticized this, warning that children playing with toy guns today could grow up to wield real weapons tomorrow, a chilling prospect demanding urgent attention. “What appears to be a cultural program takes on a dangerous undertone when students are dressed as ISIS militants in a Madrasa—a place meant to impart religious education,” “This is not normal.

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