stop it on the other hand a more effective way to squash this extremism is through education as greg mortenson discovered he's the founder of pennies for peace an organization that is funded one hundred thirty schools educated more than fifty thousand kids in afghanistan and pakistan mostly girls mortenson discovered that in the communities where he built schools for girls girls who have traditionally been illiterate in both afghanistan and pakistan the people then kicked out the taliban or in some cases taliban members quit the taliban some even became teachers in the schools after having left behind the taliban. as incredible as it may sound at first simply by educating women and girls in cultures where traditionally had no access to education you greatly reduce extremism religious extremism after all educated mothers tend to be more effective at dissuading it can be talking their children out of becoming suicide bombers and educated women have social status and both social and economic power mortenson offers this new way for us to fight the war on terror and we need to listen to him because