Posted on 10/18/2007 5:38:48 AM PDT by milestogo
C'mon SmoothTalker! Give the guy a break, he's a diplomat after all. Most of the time they're deferring to our "allies", in the name of better relations.
This guy's an apologist for the Wahhabis.
“He also pointed out that many of the school’s teachers are Christian and Jewish. “
This means absolutely nothing to me. My own priest knows nothing about Islam. He’s a leftist, as, I imagine, the Christian & Jewish teachers at the school are.
I don't know exactly what you mean. However, the USG does help fund the training of teachers overseas at International schools and the accreditation of these schools to meet US standards.
It does to me.
What is your point?
"The commission based its findings in part on a the work of a delegation that traveled to Saudi Arabia this year. The commission asked embassy officials to review the textbooks used in Saudi schools generally and at the Islamic Saudi Academy specifically but did not receive a response."
That's the real danger here. It's the unintended consquences that come back and bite you.
I’ll second the motion.
Want to really cause an uproar? Ask for a Christian or Jewish School in any arab country, including saudi arabia. If the same number are built, in saudi, as presently are here via the saudis, there may be understanding....until then.....redneck poot.
even hitlery isn’t that strong....this is America, not a roll over one more time.....people.
“...we should allow hatred of Jews & Christians to continue to be taught in our country?”
We already allow that by groups other than Muslims. Do we shut them all down, or just the Muslims?
“Standing by, to see what the FEDS will do! For sure there won’t be any Christian Fundamentalist schools allowed in Saudi Arabia. What is good for the GOOSE, is good for the GANDER.”
Oooh, what a good idea, let’s act just like the Muslims.
Want to make the arabs go ballistic? Ask for a Christian or Jewish School in their country....tell me if you make it back alive.
What I mean - or how I have interpreted the problem is: We’ve got a Saudi government official sitting on the school board, and then the American government says - ‘hey, we’ve got a problem with this school/curriculum’. If this scenario is considered an interference with the Saudi government because the school board member is a Saudi official - then we have more to deal with than just a school. It appears more red tape to fix the problem because now we are not just fixing a school curriculum, we need to deal with the Saudi government as well.
Will this be the case here?
The Religion of Perpetual Outrage will be...well...Outraged.
so Americans act just like muslims? WOW, I didn't know Americans were flying planes into buildings and strapping on suicide belts....or is this another enlightening statement from the State Department or Homeland Security?
What "other" groups do "we allow" to "[teach] hatred of Jews & Christians" in schools in our country?
Could you list a few specifically?
I wasn’t referrin g specifically to schools, but we “allow” it to be taught online and in other venues. Some of these groups also have their own homeschool programs where no doubt it’s taught, as well.
We have international schools in Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia. They are not Christian or Jewish per se but they do have, in many cases, a US curriculum. In Saudi Arabia, the schools operated like a US school including a mixing of the sexes and an American course of study.
FYI: The Saudi school in McLean must comply with Fairfax County school standards. It is an accredited school.
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