Around 40% of Pakistanis live below the poverty line, half the population is illiterate, and, among those who are literate, many have been schooled in Wahhabi-funded madrasas. Various opinion polls consistently show that a sizable minority of Pakistanis has a favorable view of Osama bin Laden, an unfavorable view of the US, and believe that implementing Islamic law (Sharia) should be a priority.
不过，如果我们认为巴基斯坦与穆斯林世界的伊斯兰主义潜流完全绝缘那就错了。大约有40%的巴基斯坦人生活在贫困线下，有一半的人口是文盲，而在那些受过教育的人当中，许多人是在由瓦哈比教派资助的伊斯兰学校里上的学。各种民意测验一再显示了巴基斯坦有相当一部分少数民族对本·拉登抱有好感、憎恨美国并且认为应该优先实施伊斯兰教教法。