[Vince Ferrer]

It recently imposed a curriculum in schools in its Syrian stronghold, Raqqa, scrapping subjects such as philosophy and chemistry, and fine-tuning the sciences to fit with its ideology.

Odd, I would have guessed that chemistry would be a high priority.

[JimSEA]

Oh, but chemistry based on naturalistic laws would conflict with the “truth” of Islamic revelation. Can’t have that, can we?

[odds]

Maybe they only want the ‘elite’ of IS or those absolutely trusted to be studying chemistry & experiment. It’s typical of the islamic oligarchs to keep their muslim masses under control, mind, body & soul. They need humanoids on a large scale, ruled by a few.