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 PUBLIC LAW 110–53—AUG. 3, 2007

121 STAT. 509

Subtitle A—Quality Educational Opportunities in Predominantly Muslim Countries. SEC. 2011. FINDINGS; POLICY.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: (1) The report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States stated that ‘‘[e]ducation that teaches tolerance, the dignity and value of each individual, and respect for different beliefs is a key element in any global strategy to eliminate Islamist terrorism’’. (2) The report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States concluded that ensuring educational opportunity is essential to the efforts of the United States to defeat global terrorism and recommended that the United States Government ‘‘should offer to join with other nations in generously supporting [spending funds]. . . directly for building and operating primary and secondary schools in those Muslim states that commit to sensibly investing their own money in public education’’. (3) While Congress endorsed such a program in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458), such a program has not been established. (b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States— (1) to work toward the goal of dramatically increasing the availability of modern basic education through public schools in predominantly Muslim countries, which will reduce the influence of radical madrassas and other institutions that promote religious extremism; (2) to join with other countries in generously supporting the International Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund authorized under section 7114 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, as amended by section 2012 of this Act, with the goal of building and supporting public primary and secondary schools in predominantly Muslim countries that commit to sensibly investing the resources of such countries in modern public education; (3) to offer additional incentives to increase the availability of modern basic education in predominantly Muslim countries; and (4) to work to prevent financing of educational institutions that support radical Islamic fundamentalism.

22 USC 2228 note.

SEC. 2012. INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM YOUTH OPPORTUNITY FUND.

Section 7114 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2228) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 7114. INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM YOUTH OPPORTUNITY FUND.

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‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to strengthen the public educational systems in predominantly Muslim countries by— ‘‘(1) authorizing the establishment of an International Muslim Youth Educational Fund through which the United States dedicates resources, either through a separate fund or

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