Four Islamic institutions under probe

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Publication: Newsinsight.net
Date: December 15, 2004
URL: http://www.indiareacts.com/nati2.asp?recno=3083

Four Islamic institutions are being investigated for spreading militant Islam through visiting scholars from Japan, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives following a protest from a South East Asian nation. Refusing to name them, officials said each institution received forty scholars annually, and were being paid a total of $2.5 million yearly from donors in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, UAE, Pakistan, Kuwait, and Egypt. The programme to impart militant education commenced about four years ago, but investigations following the complaint were launched four months back by the UPA government. While ruling out any links with the Al- Qaeda, the complaint was specific about the militancy being spread by the scholars on their return from India.
 

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