It would only shock me if it wasn't a required course. Just my opinion, but yes, I believe Islam is responsible for much of the evil this world is fighting today, not just in Iraq and Afghanistan. They accept oppression of women to the point of stoning them for punishment, murdering them for perceived wrongs (being raped by a man causes the WOMAN to be killed), and demanding allegiance to a cult whose goal is to murder everyone who isn't on board. They murder babies & children "still clutching toys" as some form of discipline? They cut off hands, tongues, and heads as "justice"?
It isn't racist to look at history, acknowledge the addition of recent truths and realize this has been happening in Islamic history long before America was founded. So I will never buy into the argument that Islamic "rebellion" is caused by American imperialism, which apparently is what our colleges are teaching.
