Posted on 02/14/2015 12:15:17 AM PST by D_Idaho
Turkey has long enshrined the secular ideals of founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, particularly in an education system that until recently banned Islamic headscarves in schools and made schoolchildren begin the day reciting an oath of allegiance to Ataturk's legacy. Now proponents of Turkey's secular traditions claim President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking a new path, building a more Islam-focused education system to realize his stated goal of raising "pious generations."
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I'm sure this sentiment has been voiced in the confines of the White House as well, with its support of a Federalized Common Core curriculum.
Instead of the Koran (although Muslim appreciation courses are increasingly popping up in the curriculum), huge blocks of time are taken from the 3 R's and traditional history and devoted to PC nonsense.
Erdogan wants to create an Islamic Ottoman caliphate where women reading books is haram.
Turkey down the tubes ping.
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