The "battle" for Pakistani minds is sometimes not a figurative one. A bloody clash erupted last month when security forces prevented pro-Taliban militants from recruiting pupils for jihad at a private secondary school in North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, casts such incidents as part of a struggle between his "enlightened moderation" and obscurantist militants. But critics say General Musharraf is failing in one important arena. His five-year old plan to reform Pakistan's madrassas is "in shambles", according to a report last week by the International Crisis Group, a research and policy outfit.
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