--- description: In TIME’s photo of the day, Pakistani girls study religion in school title: TIME's Photo of the Day: Pakistani Girls in School image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8de6123a33969820/6987a7825f570fb33bb18422/2013-09-30t153830z_1000860571_gm1e99u11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Reading, Writing and Religion by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2013 9:08 PM CUT  Sept. 30, 2013\. Girls read books containing short verses from the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Sept. 30, 2013\. Girls read books containing short verses from the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, on the outskirts of Islamabad.Faisal Mahmood—Reuters by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2013 9:08 PM CUT  Sept. 30, 2013\. Girls read books containing short verses from the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, on the outskirts of Islamabad. Faisal Mahmood—Reuters ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/79907/reading-writing-and-religion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/79907/reading-writing-and-religion/"},"headline":"Reading, Writing and Religion","datePublished":"2013-09-30T21:08:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:41:55.528Z","description":"In TIME’s photo of the day, Pakistani girls study religion in school","url":"https://time.com/79907/reading-writing-and-religion/","keywords":["LightBox","Pakistan","Religion","photography","islamabad","Reuters","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8de6123a33969820/6987a7825f570fb33bb18422/2013-09-30t153830z_1000860571_gm1e99u11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8de6123a33969820/6987a7825f570fb33bb18422/2013-09-30t153830z_1000860571_gm1e99u11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Girls read books containing short verses from the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, on the outskirts of Islamabad.","caption":"Girls read books containing short verses from the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, on the outskirts of Islamabad.","creditText":"Faisal Mahmood—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/79907/reading-writing-and-religion/","name":"Reading, Writing and Religion"}}]}] ```