A seminary in Pakistan, unofficially known as "University of Jihad," Dar ul Uloom Haqqania [House of Knowledge and Truthfulness] reportedly churns out anti-American radicals.
The seminary, founded by Maulana Abdul Haq, post Pakistan's independence propagates Deobandi, a revivalist and anti-imperialist movement of Sunni Islam formed in reaction to the Britain's colonization of India.
About 3,500 students currently live and study at the compound, which has churned out generations of freedom fighters stretching back to the 1980s Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Fox news reported.
Meanwhile, the school's list of alumni includes Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar and the founder of the Haqqani Network Jalaluddin Haqqani, among the others.
The seminary's chancellor and son of Abdul Haq, Maulana Samiul Haq is regarded as the "Father of the Taliban" and is considered to be the key to brokering peace deals between terror groups and the U.S and other nations.
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