by Samim Faramarz
A number of intellectuals, researchers and MPs at an Afghanistan and Extremism Seminar on Saturday said there is a need for basic reforms in madrassas in Afghanistan.
They argued that most of the training methods in academic centers don't conform to a standard path.
"It is better to have 10 well educated religious scholars instead of thousands of half-educated scholars who easily excommunicate people," said Mohammad Mohaqiq, writer and researcher.
"There is a severe need to change the curriculum at academic centers and schools in the country," said Sayed Ishraq Husaini, another writer and researcher.
At the same event, former counternarcotic minister Mubariz Rashidi said: "Al-Qaeda and Daesh commit crimes and cruelty under the name of Islam and by their own perception which they have from this religion. They stick to a revenge theory."
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