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Liberal Virginia school district: Don't link 9/11 terror attacks to 'Islam or Muslims'
Fox News ^ | 09/11/2026 | Asra Q. Nomani

Posted on 09/11/2026 9:22:20 AM PDT by DFG

A wealthy Washington, D.C., suburb's public school district is advising teachers not to link 9/11 with radical Islam and to be sure to create "safe spaces" for Muslim students as the nation somberly marks the 25th anniversary of the terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans.

The guardrails in a six-page instructional guide, "25th Anniversary and Commemoration of 9/11" and distributed to teachers, has prompted critics to accuse Fairfax County (Virginia) Public School's liberal leaders of coddling post-9/11 sensitivities rather than teaching history.

"It's sort of a vanilla way to do things," retired Navy Vice Admiral Lou Crenshaw, who was stationed inside the Pentagon when al Qaeda terrorists crashed a hijacked passenger jet into the building. "Everybody can go through the deal and feel good about it. And at the end of the day, nobody complains.

"To me, that's not exactly what we need to do. We need to make sure that the kids have learned a lesson here. And that's not going to happen if we try to shave the facts to the point where it's hard to figure out what we're talking about."

A digital content analysis reveals that about half of the 1,740-word document is devoted to tips for creating "safe spaces for Muslim and Middle Eastern students," about 15% spells out specific 9/11 instruction and the rest of the document tip-toes around managing "emotional responses" to the lesson.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 911; fairfax; islam; virginia

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1 posted on 09/11/2026 9:22:20 AM PDT by DFG
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2 posted on 09/11/2026 9:23:27 AM PDT by DFG
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3 posted on 09/11/2026 9:24:09 AM PDT by DFG
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...shave the facts...
4 posted on 09/11/2026 9:25:27 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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If the hijackers were all Jews sent by Israel that is ALL this school district would teach..but gotta protect the precious Muslims, cant piss them off, they are libel to blow something up


5 posted on 09/11/2026 9:26:08 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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sacred role ..... bwahahha


6 posted on 09/11/2026 9:26:34 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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Back in 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed — I’m not going to say by who. Anyway, we got into WWII to fight those other guys. Then we also ended up in Europe, fighting somebody else — never mind who — and in the end we won. That’s pretty much all you need to know about WWII.


7 posted on 09/11/2026 9:27:44 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
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How can you not,?? The dadblasteddingdonghijackers were all Johnny Jihadds!!!


8 posted on 09/11/2026 9:27:50 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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Why would any American tolerate such dishonest drivel?


9 posted on 09/11/2026 9:28:47 AM PDT by whistleduck (Remain Calm Defend Freedom)
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On 9/11/2001, 19 Muslim immigrants killed 2977 Americans.
10 posted on 09/11/2026 9:28:56 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Let’s not connect WW2 to Germans and Nazis, they are people too.


11 posted on 09/11/2026 9:30:18 AM PDT by DHerion
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Are they even allowed to say “some people did something,” or is that too inflammatory?


12 posted on 09/11/2026 9:33:34 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. PTL ~ Þ)
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I guess they won't be teaching anything from Osama's bin Laden's "Letter to America":

Full text: bin Laden's 'letter to America'

13 posted on 09/11/2026 9:35:32 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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Why would they even think that needs to be said? 🤔


14 posted on 09/11/2026 9:39:09 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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The big lesson of this thread—and the one yesterday about the Texas school district requiring that the opposite be taught...

is that “education” is always going to be indoctrination by those who have political power.

It is time folks got real on the topic of what “education” really is.

“Education” is never neutral.


15 posted on 09/11/2026 9:48:19 AM PDT by cgbg (Four seconds is all it takes to beat the brainwashing.)
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United Airlines forced to scrap 9/11 ‘tribute’ with jetliner flanked by F-16s: ‘Most tone-deaf stunt ever’

https://nypost.com/2026/09/11/us-news/united-airlines-forced-to-scrap-9-11-tribute-with-jetliner-flanked-by-f-16s-most-tone-deaf-stunt-ever/


16 posted on 09/11/2026 9:51:17 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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FU


17 posted on 09/11/2026 9:51:50 AM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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Help me I really hate these kind of people.


18 posted on 09/11/2026 9:51:57 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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These are the same hateful commie ‘educators’ who applauded Charlie Kirk’s murder, hate MAGA, and suffer from TDS. Their much vaunted ‘inclusion’ only includes themselves...NEVER people who think differently than they do.

They’re also the people who teach ‘tolerance’ for those who sexually mutilate children, for ‘men’ who pretend they’re women, for sexual kink exhibitionists parades and for criminals over victims. Again, their ‘tolerance’ only extends to members of their own groups.

That said, Osama was a uniquely evil person and does not represent all Muslims. But Osama did find Islam an easy religion to twist for evil - and THAT should be taught. Islam has serious flaws.


19 posted on 09/11/2026 10:01:46 AM PDT by GOPJ (DSA : Daddy's Savings Account Deadbeat Scammers of America (freeperLibloather) Moketchups.com)
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I place primary blame on 911 on IRAN.

The revolution there contaminated the middle east with Wahhabism ‘jihadist’ thoughts. Iran backed Al Queda, and supported Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia. Iran gave support directly to Bin Laden.

There was no world wide terrorist problems prior to Iran 1978. There was repeated attacks on the US from Bin Laden, who we now know was supported by Tehran.

After 47 years of Tehran and it’s attacks, I just request that Trump finishes the job.


20 posted on 09/11/2026 10:08:46 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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