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TFF2015 | Among the believers

Pakistan under the clutch of fundamentalist Islam
Co-directed by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi

Pakistani cleric Maulana Aziz has perfected the art of creating extremists. Throughout his war-torn, economically ravaged homeland he has opened up a series of madrasas that exclusively teach the memorization of the Quran. The students come from desperately poor families who can’t afford to feed them. Aziz’s Red Mosque network of madrasas’s ffoffers of free food, lodging, and an “education” prove ... more >