Norway is financing Coran schools in Pakistan

Translated from SIOE Norway:

In their news reports on the 10th of January 2008 the Norwegian TV station TV2 informed that the Department of Foreign Affairs has consessed several million Norwegian kroners (NOK) to brush up more than 100 Pakistan Coran schools. Among other purposes the money should be used for installing toilets in the schools.

A condition for the consessment should be that the Coran schools also thaught other subjects than only islam. Which other subjects and how many hours this should be was not mentioned in TV2’s report.

According to TV2 the scandal in the matter is that the money has not reached the Coran schools, but has stopped at some of the provincial authorities. From there the money may have been sent further on to islamic groups. Especially in the north-west province bordering to Afganistan, where Taliban-friendly guerilla forces are often fighting the Pakistan Army about the military control of the province, the leader of all the Coran schools has not seen anything of the money.

The Norwegian embassy in Islamabad anyhow states that they through a local consultant have a complete control of the money. This view is strongly challenged in the TV2 reporting.

The Secretary of State in the Departement of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Haakon A. Gulbrandsen (SV) states that one cannot be sure of anything in this world, but he is convinced that Norwegian authorities  has full control of every krone payed to local Pakistan authorities.

It is astonishing that TV2 believes the scandal being that the money has not reached the poor Coran schools. TV2 appearently does not see any problem in the fact that the Norwegian Departement of Foreign Affairs has consessed money in support of Coran schools in Pakistan, known for educating many of the most radical islamists who later attach themselves to Taliban or Al-Qaida.

According to a profound 5 pages article of the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv in the autumn of 2004 it is known that approximately 5000 Norwegian-Pakistan children are attending such Coran Schools in Pakistan while the parents recieve children’s sosial security money for them in Norway. These children have Norwegian citizenship, but they are of course not learning a single word of the Norwegian language or anything at all about community (society) relations in Norway while being ”educated” in Pakistan. At the age of 18-20 they return to Norway with a 100% Pakistan spouce and perhaps 1-2 children of their own according to the family reunion regulations. And here they revieve Norwegian economical social security support. Since they do not speak Norwegian and do not have any knowledge of the Norwegian society (community) they cannot get a job in Norway except for ”working black” not paying any taxes to Norway. And when their children again reach an age of 5-6 years they are probably sent to Pakistan, so that the next generation can go through the same cyclus.

This activity is it that our Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Stoere (Ap) has found worthy of supporting economically by giving money to the Coran Schools. Contemporary (simoultanously) Prime Minister Stoltenberg’s government is working on introducing quotation rules for immigrants in positions of the state, since they can’t get jobs in the private sector.
SIOE Norway leave it to the readers to draw conclusions of their own about Norwegian politics of foreign affairs and of integration of immigrants.

If you know the Norwegian language read more and watch video here
http://www.tv2.no/startsiden/article1532026.ece