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| Public School Textbook Filled With Muslim Bias? | |
| 2013-08-01 | |
[FoxNews] A world history textbook being used in Florida public schools is raising serious concerns over its alleged Islamic bias. The textbook, used in ninth grade Advanced Placement classes in Brevard County for the past three years, is now under review by the school board.
Fox News Radio's Todd Starnes has obtained a copy of the textbook. He told Hannity, "Through the entire chapter, Sean, Islam is defended. They talk about how wonderful Islam is to women. I mean, you'd think that they were having Victoria's Secret stores over there." Starnes said the book attempts to re-write history by likening bad things in Christianity's history to a "massacre," but for Islam it's referred to as an "occupation." Hannity asked why the text didn't cover comparative religions if it was going to discuss religion at all. Starnes said he hasn't received an answer from the publishing company, Pearson, on that question. In a prepared statement, they told Starnes, "A review of the book shows there is balanced attention given to the beliefs of Islam, Judaism and Christianity." Starnes said this problem is bigger than Brevard County, Florida. He cited a survey by the Citizens for National Security that found that at least 80 textbooks currently in use are filled with Musselmen bias. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 Does it address the conquest by sword of Byzantine Palestine by the Muslims? Does it address the pre-Columbian Arab slave trade both from sub-Shara Africa as well of Europe? Does it address that it was the Western Christian culture that lead the modern campaign to end slavery in the world? I can guess the answers. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-08-01 22:02 |
| #5 Everyone involved in the purchase of this new textbook should be named and forced to defend it or admit they just rubber stamped it without doing their jobs. I'd like to see the squirming. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-08-01 14:36 |
| #4 sorry for the unfinished comment above.... I was reprimanded for "questioning a teacher". What I asked was since religion could not be taught in schools why were the tenets and rites of Islam being taught? One school doesn't make much of it but the other is far too close to Sharia compliance for my taste. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-08-01 13:50 |
| #3 I have substituted at two middle schools since I retired a few years ago. I too have noticed this bias but when I mentioned it I was reprimanded for " |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-08-01 13:48 |
| #2 Both... |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-08-01 12:12 |
| #1 Making up for past "sins" or kneeling down in submission? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-08-01 11:52 |