Identifier
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06ISLAMABAD12261
2006-06-27 10:50:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:  

FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PAKISTANI MADRASSAS

Tags:  PK PREL PGOV PTER 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/25/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PGOV PTER
SUBJECT: FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PAKISTANI MADRASSAS

REF: A. STATE 95397

B. ISLAMABAD 11364

Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 012261

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/25/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PGOV PTER
SUBJECT: FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PAKISTANI MADRASSAS

REF: A. STATE 95397

B. ISLAMABAD 11364

Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) On June 23, in response to our request of June 13
(Ref A and B),Minister of Interior Sherpao passed to
Ambassador documents on AMCIT and other Westerners studying
in Pakistani madrassas.


2. (C) The GOP package identified a total of 77 students
from the United States and nine (9) European countries. Of
these 77, the documents state that 36 have been deported.
The remaining 41 students are studying in nine (9) different
institutions:

-- Madrassa Arabia Raiwind, Lahore: Albania (6 students),
the Netherlands (1),Macedonia (5),Portugal (1),Russia (5),
Turkey (4),U.S. (2)

-- Madrassa al- Hasnain, Faisalabad: Finland (1),Macedonia
(1)

-- Madrassa Jamia Marryum Saddiquia, Rawalpindi: France (2)

-- Dar-ul-Uloom al- Hussainia, Shadadpur: France (3)

-- Madrassa Farooquia Madni Masjid Makan, Swat: France (2)

-- Madoodi International Islamic Education Institute, Lahore:
Turkey (1)

-- Madrassa Arabia Zakria Masjid, Rawalpindi: U.S. (1)

-- Jamiat ul-Uloom Islamia, Binori Town, Karachi: UK (1)

-- Jamia Bunoria Site, Karachi: U.S. (5)


3. (C) Of the nine madrassas listed above which still host
foreign students, the Jamiat ul-Uloom Islamia Masjid in
Karachi's Binori Town complex is the only institution on
post's list of "madrassas of concern." The other madrassas
identified by the GOP as hosting foreign students are not/not
known to post as institutions with links to terrorist or
extremist organizations.


4. (C) The GOP documents include separate lists, broken out
by nationality, including students' names, passport number,
name of host madrassa, and whether the student has been
deported or is currently studying. (Note: Post will forward
the complete package to SCA/PB to distribute to appropriate
USG agencies/offices. End note.)


5. (C) Comment: The information above reports only on
American and European madrassa students, consistent with the
parameters of the USG query (Ref A and B). The numbers
reported above reflect less than a third of the estimated
population of foreign students attending Pakistani madrassas.
The June 22 edition of the "Daily Times" reported that the
Government of Pakistan informed the National Assembly on June
21 that 408 foreigners are currently studying in Pakistani
madrassas. According to this press account, the government
reported that these students are from Afghanistan, Cambodia,
China, Finland, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, The
Maldives, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Sudan,
Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda and the United States.
Post believes that the majority of these non-Western students
are Afghans.
CROCKER