Posted on 10/18/2007 5:38:48 AM PDT by milestogo
Thursday, October 18, 2007; 12:25 AM
McLEAN, Va. -- A private Islamic school supported by the Saudi government should be shut down until the U.S. government can ensure the school is not fostering radical Islam, a federal panel recommends.
In a report released Thursday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom broadly criticized what it calls a lack of religious freedom in Saudi society and promotion of religious extremism at Saudi schools.
Several advocacy groups in recent years have cited examples of inflammatory statements in religious textbooks in Saudi Arabia, including claims that a ninth-grade textbook reads that the hour of judgment will not come "until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Shhhhhhh, you’ll give the libercratarians heartburn with all that truth stuff.
All other public schools, you mean. Private schools can teach whatever they choose to teach, provided they meet the minimum licensing requirements for private schools. The article does not state whether this particular school meets those requirements, but fails to address the topic one way or the other.
Civic responsibility, respect for other cultures and for the basic rights of all humankind, self discipline, self esteem, critical thinking skills....Once past the required PBUH stuff, this sounds like any other high end school.
WOW, hearings on ALL hate material distributed by Saudi to mosques in the US on October 25th? ONE DAY?? The flipping Judiciary Committee (headed by Darlin Arlen) spent months feeding the hysteria - I mean INVESTIGATING wiretapping. This is nothing but BS from a master.
Thank you for the clarification, Kabar. You are the expert in this field, so I appreciate your input.
sorry, but you are wrong....and I am extremely familiar with private schools. All education facilities, in this nation, have oversight by the local, state, feds. Private schools are not exempt, yet there is some exemptions for private verses public, though the exemptions are not extreme. This school is an extremist school and this school does not want oversight, but by law, this school will be overseen or closed.
Well, that's entirely possible. It wouldn't be the first time.
If they're resistant to existing oversight provisions, they are liable to the penalties provided by those laws.
Do you have any idea what is being taught in these schools? There was an article at FreedomHouse.org that detailed what is being taught. This school (and all Saudi financed schools) need to be shutdown. If you’re interested, also take a look at the the Palestinians are teaching their kids.
The Saudis are NOT our friends.
More outstanding discussion here...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018497.php#comments
Thanks to Robert Spencer and the fantastic posters at jihadwatch.
So they’ll just go ahead and homeschool. It won’t change the outcome of what our own negligence has spawned.
from October.
Religion monitor: Shut Saudi school
Washington Times | October 18, 2007 | Julia Duin
Posted on 10/18/2007 9:17:42 AM EDT by 3AngelaD
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1912968/posts
U.S. Commission Wants Saudi-Funded School
Closed Until Textbooks Can Be Reviewed
FoxNews | Friday, October 19, 2007 | By Greg Simmons
Posted on 10/19/2007 4:01:40 PM EDT by hercuroc
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913647/posts
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