21. Born in Yemen, on the Arabian peninsula, to parents who were farmers, Rahman attended an Islamic religious school. 22. Boys, raised without fathers, were sent to religious schools, or madrassas, taken away from daily village life and away from the influence of women. 23. A group of Maine parents will file a lawsuit Thursday that legal observers say could have broad implications on the issue of public support of religious schools. 24. A number of Taliban studied in madrassas, or religious schools, started and run by Rehman. 25. A spokesman for the Taliban in New York cited the religious schools and said the Feminist Majority was engaging in propaganda. 26. A religious school meets twice a week. 27. A white-walled madrassa, a religious school and breeding ground for the Taliban, looms nearby. 28. A. The Cleveland program, like voucher plans elsewhere, resulted in many parents choosing to spend the grants at religious schools. 29. All of the people under investigation in that case are believed to have studied at religious schools and camps in Afghanistan. 30. Aid to religious schools of this magnitude is probably unconstitutional. |