Posted on 06/08/2008 3:23:24 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
A textbook monitoring group said that Maryland middle and high school students will be required to read about Islamic teachings that have been dumbed down and are products of political correctness.
According to the New York Examiner, a new report issued by the American Textbook Council said that administrators who approved books for use in the Montgomery County school district caved into pressure by pro-Islamic groups seeking to present a less violent interpretation of Islam.
Gilbert Sewall, director of the council, stated that, for example, the definition of jihad has gone through "amazing cultural reorchestration" in textbooks, losing any connotation of violence, the Examiner wrote.
Other terms, such as sharia law, have been adjusted or removed from lessons to avoid what he called "inconvenient truths."
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Why don’t more people homeschool?
My sister does....
Well in defense of Maryland Publik Schools, they had to bring this subject in line with the rest of the dumbed-down curriculum.
Stage 1:
Start immigrating - move into a country quietly
Stage 2:
Begin starting churches: “learning centers” community helps: food etc.
Stage 3:
Political activism: demanding rights, denounce derogatory comments/press etc.
Stage 4:
Get elected, pass laws favoring rights etc. move toward political majority
Stage 5:
Political control, Sharia Law
we just need to tell our grandkids, when you think “jihad” or “jihadist”, think of a man with a scimitar cutting off the head of your baby brother/sister!
“17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers’ associations. Put the party line in textbooks.”
Their killing themselves.
They fear guns.
Pacifism is praised.
We're having a war on “terrorism” fueled by Islam and they're being taught, Muslims are nice friendly people.
CONNECT THE DOTS!
They fear guns.
Pacifism is praised.
We're having a war on “terrorism” fueled by Islam and they're being taught, Muslims are nice friendly people.
CONNECT THE DOTS!
ping
With the likes of Osama as their poster boy, nobody in their right mind would believe it (except the liberals with their immunity to logic and facts).
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
"Islamic teachings" is a religion
Public schools cannot teach religion
I don't have any kids in school and my grandchildren are in Florida, so PLEASE, parents fight this with all your might!
Where the hell is the ACLU when you need them?????
Pinging some FRiends and some Marylander who can pass the word.
Defending the islamic jihadist terrorists!
HOMESCHOOL!!!
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