Muslim Faith Should Not Be Whitewashed in American Textbooks

Submitted by Ronnie (United States), Mar 13, 2009 at 00:09

As an educator, to whitewash American textbooks is to lie to students. Call it what you want, but kids know the truth. When hundreds of terrorist attacks are perpetrated by only Muslims and a simple timeline is drawn, say from 1979 until the present, it doesn't take a rocket scientist student to connect these dots.

If the course in school is religion, then the Muslim religion needs to be discussed fully, both pro and con, and this would follow for all religions. Part of the reality of Islam is that it has been politicized and worldwide Jihad is the current goal of followers of "radical Islam." The terrorists are part of this ideology of politicizing Islam so that whole nations can be swallowed up and thrown into Sha'aria Law. This law needs to then be studied by students: Films showing honor killings, beheadings, hangings of gays, branding anyone who is NOT a part of "radical Islam" an infidel; the concept of Fatwah.

If one looks at the greatness of America, it is that the country is not completely empty of any particular faith. On the contrary, Saudi Arabia has not one Jewish synagogue or Christian church. Jews cannot set foot in SA, so it might be said that SA is "Judenrein." This is racism to the highest degree, and it is intolerance. The same holds true for Buddhism or Hinduism, etc.:An extreme racism exists in SA. Other Muslim countries are equally as exclusive, racist, and dictatorial.

Therefore, students in American classrooms need to know the big picture. Is the ultimate goal of "radical Islam" to make America "Judenrein"? Or to murder all infidels as "radical Islamists" have done worldwide?? What was Sept. 11 all about? Students need to know and not to have their answers whitewashed, because students are not as stupid as educators would like to think.

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