Children's Books: Introducing Young Readers to Islam

NY Times ^ | 12/21/03 | NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

[jimbo123]

Muhammad was a pedophile who married his wife when she was six and consummated their relationship when she was nine. Yet the NY Times recommends his teachings for children's reading. Very Michael Jackson of the NY Times.

More on Mohammad The Pedophile here

[jimbo123]

NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

nicholas@nytimes.com

[Professional Engineer]

Children's Books: Introducing Young Readers to Islam

NOT in my house. This is getting ridiculous.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Children's Books: Introducing Young Readers to Islam

How do the children's artists portray this in the books exactly?

[nothingnew]

LOL Pretty bad timing for this article. Let's see...I think I'll go buy a copy for each of my children and all my nieces and nephews and give them to them for CHRISTMAS presents!....BWAHAHAHAHA!

FMCDH

[LADY J]

"Children's Books: Introducing Young Readers to Islam"

Our children need to learn the TRUTH about Islam!

[maestro]

It's a pity, because there's an intellectual struggle in America now about how to portray Islam. Some conservatives, particularly evangelical Christians, see it as ''a very evil and wicked religion,'' as the Rev. Franklin Graham put it. Some Arabists insist that Islam is warm, fuzzy and far more tolerant than other religions, because it accepts Judaism and Christianity as legitimate and just believes they are incomplete.

New Order Amerika........

......'PC'......Censored 'Speech' ala litigations......Fear of a FREE SPEECH 'Merry Christmas'.

Ah,.....now I get it!............the implication in reality is a 'PC'.....implied........."Merry 9-11"

/sarcasm

[Puppage]

But the common American perception of overseas Muslims as violent hotheads is the complete opposite of the warmth and hospitality one mostly finds traveling in places like Yemen, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia

WTF? One mostly finds? Hospitality? And, these "writers" vote democrat...go figure. And, YES Hitlery..I DO question your patriotism when you & your ilk write/say crap like this.

[Puppage]

Multiculturalist parents may want to expose their children to the world's major religions

Oh, BS! These same children can't say God, or Merry Christmas in schools yet let's frolic over to the school library & get exposed to world religions?

[New Horizon]

And I learned how to make a brick and build a dome, and also a good deal about the economics of the Ottoman Empire and the role of the mosque in society.

I'd prefer an alternative book, "Turn a Mosque to Mist with a MOAB".

[Coroner]

Ask the Imam; What if these kids dont want to read about islam? Should we threaten them with death?

[observer5]

"Once upon a time, there was a mass-murdering pedophile called Mohammed..."

[Professional Engineer]

Our children need to learn the TRUTH about Islam!

Absolutely. Post#4 is the real truth kids need to learn.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

For example, Demi recounts as fact that Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel during Ramadan in 610, and then under divine inspiration began to recite the Koran. Sure, Muslims believe that, but I felt funny reading this aloud -- as historic fact -- to my 6-year-old daughter.

Felt funny? Why on earth would someone present something as historic fact to their child if they did not believe it to be so?

[observer5]

"Some Arabists insist that Islam is warm, fuzzy and far more tolerant than other religions, because it accepts Judaism and Christianity as legitimate and just believes they are incomplete."

Incomplete in that they don't worship a pedophile mass-murderer as their prophet.

[fortunecookie]

David Macaulay is renowned for spectacular children's books with an architectural flavor, among them ''Cathedral'' and ''Pyramid.'' ''Mosque'' is a superbly illustrated and technically engrossing explanation of how a great Turkish mosque complex would be built in about 1600

I wonder if the sequel will be about demonstrating the complexities of turning Cathedrals into mosques, such as Turkey's great blue mosque, formerly the beautiful Orthodox Church of St. Sophia.

And perhaps future plans on 'remodeling' some of France's (where they already have such a stronghold) beautiful Cathedrals.

[Professional Engineer]

"Turn a Mosque to Mist with a MOAB".

LOL There ya go!

[Libertina]

Journalists cannot write well. He introduces a new name without including a surname. Is he referring to Dummi Demi Moore? Whom? Anyway, the left loves any religion, food, experience, movie, government...etc that is NOT their own.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

''People accepted Islam because Muhammad taught God's words that said that all men and women, black and white, rich and poor, must be treated with dignity and respect.''

Uh huh, and how did Muhammad teach that infidels must be treated?

[expatpat]

No child is too young to become a cosmopolitan multiculturalist.

The goal of international socialists everywhere!