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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: TheSarge on June 08, 2008, 06:32:11 PM
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Report: Maryland Textbooks on Islamic Teachings Dumbed Down
Sunday, June 08, 2008
A textbook monitoring group said that Maryland middle and high school students will be required to read about Islamic teachings that have been dumbed down and are products of political correctness.
According to the New York Examiner, a new report issued by the American Textbook Council said that administrators who approved books for use in the Montgomery County school district caved into pressure by pro-Islamic groups seeking to present a less violent interpretation of Islam.
Gilbert Sewall, director of the council, stated that, for example, the definition of jihad has gone through "amazing cultural reorchestration" in textbooks, losing any connotation of violence, the Examiner wrote.
Other terms, such as sharia law, have been adjusted or removed from lessons to avoid what he called "inconvenient truths."
Montgomery County Public Schools defended the decision to use the books, saying in a statement that all texts used by teachers had been properly vetted and were appropriate for classroom uses.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364362,00.html
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What? Did you really expect them to educate the little tools?
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It's Maryland. Which for the most part means bleating sheep instead of humans. I know a bunch of people who keep voting for Steny Hoyer, they can not tell me about a single position on any issue he has. As long as he brings home the bacon, they don't care.
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This sort of shite will only continue to spread.
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Report: Maryland Textbooks on Islamic Teachings Dumbed Down
A textbook monitoring group said that Maryland middle and high school students will be required to read about Islamic teachings that have been dumbed down and are products of political correctness.
According to the New York Examiner, a new report issued by the American Textbook Council said that administrators who approved books for use in the Montgomery County school district caved into pressure by pro-Islamic groups seeking to present a less violent interpretation of Islam.
Gilbert Sewall, director of the council, stated that, for example, the definition of jihad has gone through "amazing cultural reorchestration" in textbooks, losing any connotation of violence, the Examiner wrote.
Other terms, such as sharia law, have been adjusted or removed from lessons to avoid what he called "inconvenient truths."
Montgomery County Public Schools defended the decision to use the books, saying in a statement that all texts used by teachers had been properly vetted and were appropriate for classroom uses.
Of course there's no agenda here. :whatever: [/DUmp mode]
LINK (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364362,00.html)
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It's Maryland. Which for the most part means bleating sheep instead of humans. I know a bunch of people who keep voting for Steny Hoyer, they can not tell me about a single position on any issue he has. As long as he brings home the bacon, they don't care.
Not to mention that Montgomery County is the nuttiest county in America. This was the county that (if I remember correctly) outlawed any mascot for a school that someone might deem offensive and wanted to ban people from smoking inside their own house.
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Color me shocked. Nearby Fairfax County in Virigina has let "cultural experts" come and teach public school kids on being Muslim. Right down to having them recite passages from the Koran. Didn't happen this year at our school but as far as I know, it's still taking place in one form or another.
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Color me shocked. Nearby Fairfax County in Virigina has let "cultural experts" come and teach public school kids on being Muslim. Right down to having them recite passages from the Koran. Didn't happen this year at our school but as far as I know, it's still taking place in one form or another.
Do you know which schools in Fairfax Dixie?
My kids go to Ft. Belvoir Elem. They haven't mentioned anything about it. But I'm sure gonna ask them.
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Color me shocked. Nearby Fairfax County in Virigina has let "cultural experts" come and teach public school kids on being Muslim. Right down to having them recite passages from the Koran. Didn't happen this year at our school but as far as I know, it's still taking place in one form or another.
Do you know which schools in Fairfax Dixie?
My kids go to Ft. Belvoir Elem. They haven't mentioned anything about it. But I'm sure gonna ask them.
Let me see what I can find. I'll PM you.