My beef is that these people have been to schools/colleges and they don't act different than those who had no chance to get any education. I don't see any difference b/w them and ignorant mullahs, both are wrong in their own ways ....
I think it's foolish to assume that education broadens the mind of the individual.
We are born with a set of beliefs and education may either shatter those beliefs, make those beliefs stronger, or revolve around those beliefs like an obstinate clown.
If it helps, just look at the educated doctors in the country still crossing traffic lights, littering the street, despite knowing that they are committing crimes.
In a 3rd world country like Pakistan, most of the educated lot, get education, and then use it to revolve around their beliefs, and deceive the system/people into believing that they are charming, suave and sophisticated individuals.
So how to help?
I think the focus of education should be more on making the mind blank, then stuffing it with nonsense of others.
For if you start of with a bias, any bias, it's that much difficult for education to eliminate that bias.
Human beings are strange creatures. Unless they forget everything, they don't want to change their opinions much and I find that while I disagree with "Mulla Like" culture, and at no stage have I ever been deeply religious, I can't fathom the snide remarks and blatant anger towards "every Mulla" that's on the planet/Pakistan.
That is just as insane as finding a bad doctor, and labeling every doctor as a quack.
Or finding a corrupt minister, and labeling every minister corrupt.
I think it also oversimplifies problems for those self-enlightened sections of the society, who believe that they are not that religious and to them "not frarternizing" with the "Mulla society" vindicates their belief that they belong to a progressive form of religion.
I don't like to indulge in religious practices , but at least I won't mock those that are trying because I feel (my own perceptions) that they are promoting extremism.
To God, they might Verily be doing something better than we are doing for our lives.
Anyways, just to say, education is not going to give you much , if your mind is closed.
