A real cure

This refers to the letter, ‘The cure’ (January 31) by Dr Najeeb A Khan. The writer has confused cure with prevention. While Imran Khan is suggesting prevention by bringing 2.4 million children in seminaries into the mainstream of modern education, the author calls it a cure. It is in fact the religious leader hinted by the writer, who is placing the cure above prevention.
This discussion gives an opening to a wider vision of fighting extremism-turned-terrorism. All educational institutions should include tolerance as a compulsory subject in their curricula to inculcate the spirit of moderation and love for humanity into the impressionable minds of our budding generations. The pulpit should also be encouraged to promote a universally tolerant image of Islam. An informed citizenry will dry up support for the merchants of death who are using religion to push their mysterious agenda at a formidable cost to our religion. Terrorism cannot be defeated merely by mourning and condemning terrorist carnages and outrages. The foremost challenge is to purge the whole society of all manifestations of intolerance and hatred. Can we revisit NAP if it is not too late already?
B A Malik
Islamabad