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| In Pakistan's Public Schools, Jihad Still Part of Lesson Plan |
| 2005-08-18 |
| The Muslim nation's public school texts still promote hatred and jihad, reformers say. "Before Islam, people lived in untold misery all over the world," the textbook says. "Some Jewish tribes also lived in Arabia. They lent money to workers and peasants on high rates of interest and usurped their earnings. They held the whole society in their tight grip because of the ever increasing compound interest. "In short, there was no sympathy for humanity," the passage continues. "People were selfish and cruel. The rich lived in luxury and nobody bothered about the needy or those in sufferings." A section on the Crusades teaches that Europe's Christian rulers attacked Muslims in the Holy Land out of revenge even though "history has no parallel to the extremely kind treatment of the Christians by the Muslims." "Some of the Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem fabricated many false stories of suffering," the passage continues. "If they were robbed on the way, they said it were the Muslims who robbed them." Christians eventually realized they were inferior to Muslims, the chapter concludes. |
| Posted by:john |
| #4 Feel good BS paki style. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-08-18 16:06 |
| #3 It is probably wrong to expect any change to the Pakistani curriculum. Without overt islamism and jihad, what future is there for the Pakistan ideology and identity? Former Dictator Zia Ul Haq made this point. Without islamization, they might as well "rejoin mother India" |
| Posted by: john 2005-08-18 15:02 |
| #2 "Some of the Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem fabricated many false stories of suffering," the passage continues. "If they were robbed on the way, they said it were the Muslims who robbed them." When they were enslaved and sold throughout the Muslim world, they said it was Muslims who enslaved them. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-18 14:44 |
| #1 Damn it! Mushy, I told you to excise those passages! "Christians eventually realized they were inferior to Muslims, the chapter concludes." Which is why 23 Arab Muslim nations' combined wealth does not exceed that of Spain! Also, why despite a few extremely wealthy regimes like Soddy Arabia or KOOOOwait, not one single Arab Muslim regime could manufacture a friggin pencil from scratch ... they'd have to import the technology and know-how. Also, what happen at Lepanto in 1572? |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-08-18 14:36 |