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This International Dateline episode includes three segments: Jihad Junior High, Louise Arbour Interview, and Moderate Modern Malaysia.

Jihad Junior High? 
When it was discovered back in July that three of London's four suicide bombers were of Pakistani descent and that two of them had visited Pakistan prior to the bombings, it again raised the specter of Pakistan as a breeding ground for international terrorism. Pressure intensified on the Pakistani Government to rein in Islamic militants. Among the main targets of Western anger were Pakistan's religious schools or madrassas. For some time, critics in the West have claimed these places teach that fighting a jihad -- a so-called holy war to protect Islam -- is legitimate. This, they argue, is tantamount to teaching terrorism. But from inside Pakistan, the view is very different, as Dateline's Chris Hammer discovered when he recently gained rare access to the madrassas.   
  
Louise Arbour Interview 
Many argue that the Australian government's imminent plans to bolster its anti-terrorism laws, which translates to Western governments giving themselves unprecedented powers to fight terrorism, will erode the very democratic freedoms and rights they claim to be protecting. Louise Arbour is the head of the UN's Human Rights Commission about to be replaced by a new Human Rights Council that will have to tackle this global dilemma of winding back rights in the name of fighting terror. In New York, George Negus scored a rare interview with Ms. Arbour in her office in the UN tower.   
 
Moderate Modern Malaysia 
Malaysia has often been called the most successful Muslim democracy in the world. It's true that this small nation and its Muslim Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi hold surprising sway over the direction of the Islamic world. Within Malaysia itself, the quiet emergence of a Muslim middle class has reshaped both the country's religious identity and its politics. Fifteen years ago, it was rare to see a woman wearing a hijab on the streets, however, today, not just religious dress codes, but the public conduct of Malaysian Muslims has been making bold headlines as well as dividing the nation. Dateline's Aaron Lewis reports.

About International Dateline 

SBS Dateline, which began in 1984, is Australia's longest-running international current affairs program. It has a well-earned reputation for authoritative and incisive reporting. Dateline has taken the traditional way of producing TV current affairs and turned it on its head. Reporters who used to travel with a cameraperson and sound recordist now travel alone and have the responsibility of both filming and reporting their stories. The reporters became video-journalists, gaining access to people and places that the conventional camera crews cannot.