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Saudi-backed lessons at taxpayers' expense
JTA ^

Posted on 11/01/2005 6:28:44 AM PST by ddtorquee

Saudi Arabia is paying to influence the teaching of American public schoolchildren. And the U.S. taxpayer is an unwitting accomplice. A special JTA investigation uncovers the complex path by which teaching materials creep into U.S. public schools. It reveals who creates these materials and how some of America's most prestigious universities — with the use of federal funds — help disseminate them.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: education; islam; saudiarabia; schools; terror; wahabi

1 posted on 11/01/2005 6:28:45 AM PST by ddtorquee
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2 posted on 11/01/2005 6:34:49 AM PST by SJackson (God isn`t dead. We just can`t talk to Him in the classroom anymore, R Reagan.)
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To: ddtorquee

Cindy Adams, a gossip columnist for the NY POST, had a blurb about this in her column the other day.

I believe Susan Douglas, a muslim convert and Wahhabist sympathizer has a hand in this.

The madrassas here in the U.S. use textbooks that teach hatred and intolerance of Christians and Jews that was detailed in a special report by Larry Cohler-Esses of the NY DAILY NEWS.

Two of the most offensive: "Mercy to Mankind" and "What Islam is All About".


3 posted on 11/01/2005 6:46:17 AM PST by milford421
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