They're here now. According to this story in Monday's Washington Post, Islamic schools teaching intolerance are locateed right here in America.
Eleventh-graders at the elite Islamic Saudi Academy in Northern Virginia study energy and matter in physics, write out differential equations in precalculus and read stories about slavery and the Puritans in English.Then they file into their Islamic studies class, where the textbooks tell them the Day of Judgment can't come until Jesus Christ returns to Earth, breaks the cross and converts everyone to Islam, and until Muslims start attacking Jews.
One again, our 'friends', the Saudis.
"We want it to be a place where they don't have to assimilate, where they can practice their religion. It's like any other religious school," Zeiter said. "We teach them the history and good values and what it takes to be a good Muslim."Still, Zeiter said she takes pains to present balanced lessons to students, piecing together a curriculum from books published both in the United States and overseas.
When she feels she must use material in a popular Pakistani textbook, she said, she makes photocopies of pages she needs and never uses those calling Christian beliefs "nonsense" or portraying Jews as treacherous people who financially "oppress" others. Yahiya Emerick, the author of "What Islam Is All About," said he will soon release a new edition for U.S. audiences that eliminates the tendentious parts.
If you have to censor a text book, why continue to use it?
I'm not going to pull any more quotes from the article, read it for yourself. I'll just say this. If fundamentalist Christian school was teaching the type of hatred and intolerance that these Arab schools are teaching, at best, it would be closed down within a week. At worst, they might get a visit from Reno's Rangers along about 2 am one night.
Posted by Rich at February 27, 2002 11:46 AM