Karole28
Former Member
McLEAN, Va. (AP) Textbooks at a private Islamic school in northern Virginia teach students that it is permissible for Muslims to kill adulterers and converts from Islam, according to a federal investigation released Wednesday.
Other passages in the schools textbooks state that the Jews conspired against Islam and its people and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed polytheists.
The passages were found in selected textbooks used during the 2007-08 school year by the Islamic Saudi Academy, which teaches 900 students in grades K-12 at two campuses in Alexandria and Fairfax and receives much of its funding from the Saudi government.
The academy has come under scrutiny from critics who allege that it fosters an intolerant brand of Islam similar to that taught in the conservative Saudi kingdom. In the review, the panel recommended that the school make all of its textbooks available to the State Department so changes can be made before the next school year.
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Unbelievably, at MSNBC a poll asks whether the school should be allowed to stay open, and 13% answer Yes. One way to teach tolerance is to show tolerance.
Other passages in the schools textbooks state that the Jews conspired against Islam and its people and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed polytheists.
The passages were found in selected textbooks used during the 2007-08 school year by the Islamic Saudi Academy, which teaches 900 students in grades K-12 at two campuses in Alexandria and Fairfax and receives much of its funding from the Saudi government.
The academy has come under scrutiny from critics who allege that it fosters an intolerant brand of Islam similar to that taught in the conservative Saudi kingdom. In the review, the panel recommended that the school make all of its textbooks available to the State Department so changes can be made before the next school year.
Click!
Unbelievably, at MSNBC a poll asks whether the school should be allowed to stay open, and 13% answer Yes. One way to teach tolerance is to show tolerance.