Pair of Islamic Students Heed Warning, Leave
From Times Wire Reports
Two Nepalese religious students have left Pakistan, the first of more than 1,400 foreigners set to be deported in a government drive to curb extremism at the nation’s Islamic schools.
Ahmad Ali, 20, and Shabnum Shagufa, 19, students at the Jamia Naeemia madrasa in the eastern city of Lahore, decided to return to Nepal after authorities warned that foreign students at madrasas could be arrested unless they left by September.
“We are against terrorism,” Ali said.
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