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Textbook on Arabs removes blunder
Washington Times ^ | 4/16/04 | George Archibald

Posted on 04/15/2004 11:28:01 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:30 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

An Indian tribe has forced distributors of an Arab studies guide for U.S. teachers to remove an inaccurate passage that says Muslim explorers preceded Christopher Columbus to North America and became Algonquin chiefs.

Peter DiGangi, director of Canada's Algonquin Nation Secretariat in Quebec, called claims in the book, the "Arab World Studies Notebook," "preposterous" and "outlandish," saying nothing in the tribe's written or oral history support them.


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To: kattracks
Did you see the one that had Moslems being the first to reach the moon? < /sarcasm>
41 posted on 04/16/2004 11:37:36 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Vote Toomey -- appeasement doesn't work)
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To: scotiamor
They can still fly.
Have you ever watched an NBA game?
42 posted on 04/16/2004 11:40:26 AM PDT by mabelkitty (John Kerry is the sad clown of life.)
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To: Thommas
Because the NEA is a terrorist organization?
43 posted on 04/16/2004 11:41:52 AM PDT by mabelkitty (John Kerry is the sad clown of life.)
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To: Tribune7
No, did you read about the muslims that were seen fleeing Ford's Theater April 14, 1865?

Or the one citing reports of muslims in the area of Columbia, SC right after it was captured by Sherman? :))

Gee, maybe we can find a place for them in our history?

44 posted on 04/16/2004 11:49:59 AM PDT by monkeywrench
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To: monkeywrench
Moslems invented the telephone.
45 posted on 04/16/2004 11:56:05 AM PDT by Tribune7 (Vote Toomey -- appeasement doesn't work)
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To: headsonpikes
"We're the Faqawi!"

LOL!

"Where indian fights are comical sights
And nobody gets a lickin',
Where paleface and redskin
Both turn chicken!"

46 posted on 04/16/2004 11:56:36 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: kattracks
And they did this by marrying a Cherokee Princess?
47 posted on 04/16/2004 11:59:36 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (C'est la guerre.)
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To: kattracks
She did not explain how the false information got into the curriculum.

Well, of course not.

48 posted on 04/16/2004 12:01:04 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: Tribune7
Let's not forget the 1919 world series, where Joe Shoeless Jackson and 7 others conspired to throw the game at the behest of muslims.
49 posted on 04/16/2004 12:06:28 PM PDT by monkeywrench
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To: JOAT
Makes one wonder how many more "inaccuracies" are out there in print being fed to the little mush heads in government schools.

While I'll not voice my disgust with you calling my children mush heads, I will comment on the other part of your statement. I've read the texts my children are using and have found a small number of "inaccuracies" made in the name of PC-ness. Thankfully, the teachers in this district are smart enough to use a bit of this book and a bit of that book to counteract such foolishness.

50 posted on 04/16/2004 12:08:46 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: mtbopfuyn
calling my children mush heads....Thankfully, the teachers in this district are smart enough to use a bit of this book and a bit of that book to counteract such foolishness.

Then you are blessed to live in a region where the teachers are not anti-American socialists. Good for you.

Unfortunately, "PC-ness" reigns supreme in may regions of this great land, and UNINVOLVED parents beget mush heads.

Sorry if you took offense, did the shoe fit? If not, don't take offense at a well known phrase among conservatives.

51 posted on 04/16/2004 12:57:35 PM PDT by JOAT
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To: mabelkitty
Sure it's cool. I was always raised that if I killed something, I was to eat it...

Waste not, want not. That's what I always say... ;0)
52 posted on 04/16/2004 5:10:09 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (I havn't seen my therapist in 5 years. Neither has anyone else ;0))
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A Blast from the Past.

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53 posted on 10/09/2006 9:16:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (If I had a nut allergy, I'd be outta here. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: kattracks
Textbook on Arabs removes blunder OUTRIGHT LIE.
54 posted on 10/09/2006 9:19:47 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 83-87 (& have Detroit Tigers in mind!))
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To: scotiamor
Black Muslims in Milwaukee were teaching that blacks built the pyramids

That's true, actually.

Look up the pyramids of Nubia.

55 posted on 10/09/2006 11:07:57 AM PDT by zimdog (at least you're a tigers fan)
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To: ChicagoHebrew

it was offensive because it was a crock of shi+


56 posted on 10/09/2006 11:08:41 AM PDT by zimdog (at least you're a tigers fan)
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To: headsonpikes

ha


57 posted on 10/09/2006 11:09:47 AM PDT by zimdog (at least you're a tigers fan)
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To: mtbopfuyn
Good Lord. Upset about kids being called mush heads? That phrase has been around for ever and isn't derogatory. This is how PC rules, regulations, and laws begin - Just because one person becomes "offended".
58 posted on 10/09/2006 11:12:56 AM PDT by commonguymd
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To: kattracks

The Algonquin are missing a bet here. Claim Saudi citizenship (the only places "Arabs" were back in those days were ruled from Mecca, therefore they would be Saudis by extension) and demand the subsidies paid to all Saudis out of the oil income. In fact, demand back dated income to the beginning of the oil wealth... plus interest. I'm sure there are a few lawyers out there willing to take a case like this for a small percentage...


59 posted on 10/09/2006 11:22:52 AM PDT by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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To: commonguymd
That phrase has been around for ever and isn't derogatory.

Of course it's derogatory, you mush head! It's an insult!

60 posted on 10/09/2006 11:29:04 AM PDT by zimdog (at least you're a tigers fan)
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