Posted on 09/08/2026 10:19:34 AM PDT by DFG
The Texas Board of Education gave final approval to changes to the state's high school social studies curriculum, a controversial move that will impact how students are taught about Islam and Christianity.
The amended social studies curriculum, which covers U.S. history, government and world geography, comes after dozens of people gave public testimony, with most expressing their opposition to the finalized version.
The board approved language asserting that "radical Islam" motivated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks rather than taking a more narrow focus on the terrorist groups involved in the attack.
The material also requires students to study early Islam through Prophet Muhammad's "brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes," the "normalization of slavery" and the taking of female captives as "harem slaves."
Several Democratic State Board of Education members pushed back against the wording, but the Republican-majority board still approved that section and the other changes on Friday.
Muslim groups and students, as well as multiple curriculum experts, also spoke out against the new changes.
"I feel attacked, as if my religion doesn’t belong," Habiiba Quresh, a 15-year-old Muslim student, told the board, according to The Texas Tribune. "I shouldn't have to defend my religion in the middle of history class because of one sentence someone on this board wrote."
At least three of the board-appointed curriculum experts also warned against the new language.
Andrea Hutchison, a social studies curriculum coordinator for Prosper ISD, argued the material did not "hold up to close historical scrutiny," according to the outlet. Robert Koons, a philosophy professor at UT-Austin, said most nonreligious scholars find the source of the claims "not very reliable," adding that he would warn against including material that is "not based on well-established secular sources."
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“The approved curriculum is expected to be phased into classrooms during the 2030-31 school year.”
Controversial? Et tu, Fox News?
Hey, “Habibi”, you don’t like it?
Go elsewhere where you’ll feel more comfortable, like Somalia.
“”Texas education board approves controversial curriculum changes tying ‘radical Islam’ to 9/11 attacks””
“”“The approved curriculum is expected to be phased into classrooms during the 2030-31 school year.”””
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Sooo.... they’re actually going to teach what really happened... ie the truth (for a change), but they’re going to wait until 2030 to do it.... in hopes, probably, that a change ‘back’ to unreality in curriculum will occur between now and then?
About time.
I caught a bit of Steve Bannon this morning, and a man was telling about his fireman brother being killed “by hatred” in the 9/11 attack.
As has often been pointed out, we are not allowed to name the enemy we are supposed to be fighting. It is called terror, hatred, etc. What it is is Islamic extremism, but that is racist to say, and the way to prove that we are not racist is to settle more Muslims into the United States and allow sharia law.
No No , it’s islam , it’s all radical
As I’ve seen here many, many times, Islam IS a battle plan. It is not a “religion of peace”. Anyone who think otherwise is a liar or crazy.
NOTHING controversial about this
“I feel attacked, as if my religion doesn’t belong,”
News flash, it doesn’t belong in any western country (or the world if you want to extrapolate).
or the nonsensical islam
or the nonsensical islam
What’s controversial about that?
Why so long?
30-31 School Year? WTH? Why will this take 3 years to begin a phase in? It’s ridiculous. Sounds like they are slow walking it hoping it will get reversed if the rats get more power.
You mean like the Koran?
The only thing controversial about this is the use of the adjective “radical”, it’s just normal everyday Islam.
It wasn’t and isn’t radical Islam. It is fundamental Islam, with 1,500 years as proof. So-called Muslims arguing differently are apostates or liars.
Be that as it may, this is the 2nd action Texas has taken on issues I raised with my Congressman, Wesley Hunt. The first one being reviving high school vocational training aimed at resolving the US Navy ship-building capacity at schools within a 150 mile radius of current and planned dry docks. Bam! $10 million got approved for such apprenticeships.
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