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Hate lessons in Saudi-Pakistan textbooks
Snip: Two samples from the ‘revised’ texts: the first graders are taught that ‘every religion other than Islam is false’; the fifth graders learn that a Muslim ‘is forbidden to be a loyal friend’ of anyone who is not a follower of Islam. Christians are ‘swine’ and Jews are ‘apes’, so say the textbook for eighth graders. The general message of these books is that all those who are not Muslims, rather those who are not the followers of the Saudi brand of Wahhabi Islam, are ‘enemies’ and waging jihad against these ‘evil’ men is justified. The failure of the Saudi government to ‘reform’ its education system with changes in textbooks has become a matter of debate in the US.
Snip: The American public, too, needs assurance that screening practices exist on campuses which will ensure that dangerous students and professors are excluded from U.S. campuses. How many campus individuals like Sami Al-Arian are currently being funded by the generous American taxpayer? What direct links are there between campus admissions officers and the governmental authorities who are responsible for our security, including immigration officers at ports of entry? In 2005, U.K. Home Secretary Charles Clarke pledged, regarding in part his government’s ban of the extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir and Al-Muhajiroun: “A full database of individuals around the world who have demonstrated the relevant behaviors will be developed, and will be available to entry clearance and immigration officers.” John Miller, assistant director of the F.B.I., writing in the New York Times, points out that since 9/11 the agency has created a database, called the “Investigative Data Warehouse,” that can search 700 million records from more than a dozen agencies. Does such a database systematically inform admissions decisions on American campuses? Should the “relevant behaviors” of which Clarke speaks include information on where students have traveled? Are there set procedures by which American security authorities inform campuses of suspect persons? Is every applicant to our universities, from inside the country or foreign lands, being required to provide proof of identity? Is there any process on U.S. campuses comparable to what in Britain is called “clearing,” which means: admission by weaker universities of applicants without hard evidence of identity, permanent address, and academic achievement, as well as without character references (a process used to attract sufficient students so as to stay in business)? If so, it must be eliminated.
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"Survivor of Jihad Issues Challenge to Muslim-Americans"
By Kevin Mooney
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
September 29, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - A survivor of Islamic Jihad in the 1970s is challenging Muslim Americans who reject radical teachings to "raise their voices" and to hold demonstrations in public venues across the country denouncing violent behavior.
Brigitte Gabriel is a journalist and news producer who said she had first-hand experience with militant Muslims as a teenager living in Lebanon. The Jihad launched against Christians in Lebanon in 1975 and its relevance to contemporary politics was the focus of Gabriel's talk at the Heritage Foundation on Wednesday.
She took the opportunity to call on moderate Muslims in the U.S. to take better advantage of the constitutional freedoms that are not available to like-minded moderates in the Middle East."