An artificial paradise (Jannat) established by terrorists for brainwashing would-be suicide bombers was captured by Pakistani security forces in South Waziristan Agency recently.

The ‘Jannat' in the Nawaz Kot area was shown to a visiting team of Peshawar-based journalists. The journalists, who were taken to the place in a helicopter, took a round of the so-called paradise and later were briefed about the modus operandi for churning out suicide bombers. The make-believe heaven consisted of four rooms. Each room contained exquisite paintings of lakes overflowing with milk and honey and scenic valleys inhabited by ‘hoors' (beautiful women).

Religious teachers in the training centre used to show would-be bombers around and dupe them into believing that after their death in suicide attacks their stature would be equal to Sahaba-i-Karaam and that they would enjoy the company of the Prophet. The term ‘Sahaba-i-Karaam' refers to close associates of the Prophet.

Boys aged between 12 and 18 were trained to become suicide bombers under the supervision of Hakimullah Mehsud. The TTP chief would keep hammering away at ‘an unending bliss awaiting you in Jannat dotted with lakes of milk and honey', the journalists were apprised. The building also had a ‘slaughterhouse' for killing kidnapped security officials. A huge cache of arms and ammunition was seized from there.

At this time Islam must be reinterpreted, both to make it acceptable to the rest of the world and to breathe life into the Muslim world itself. The fact that this will improve relations with other communities is something that will follow naturally. To present the current crisis as a Judeo-Christian- Hindu onslaught against Islam or vice versa is criminal.

False Jannats must be obliterated from the minds of young madrassa students and their teachers. And this can be done only by bold actions from the Muslim clergy. They must come out and state categorically that violent verses from the Quran must be treated as obsolete and the young Muslims must not be exposed to them.

Last update : 17-01-2010 15:09

Keywords : Obliterating False Jannats, Mahendra Mathur

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