Creeping along in Florida.
via Protest over Islam lovefest high school history textbook | The Daily Caller.
On Florida’s Atlantic Coast, some 200 or
more local parents and activists have announced plans to show up at
Tuesday’s Volusia County school board meeting to protest the public
school use of a world history textbook that devotes a whole chapter to
Islam but exactly zero chapters to any other religions.
The textbook, called simply “World
History,” contains a 32-page chapter fondly devoted to “Muslim
Civilizations.” Sections include descriptions of the Koran, the growth
of the Muslim empire and the Five Pillars of Islam.
The planned protest will include a demand
that students rip out the 32 pages of the Islam chapter unless the
school district agrees to provide students with a similar amount of
officially-sanctioned material concerning other religions, reports local ABC affiliate WFTV.
The seeds for the Wednesday protest were
reportedly planted after an unidentified local mother started a Facebook
page demanding that local, taxpayer-funded schools stop using the
textbook.
The district indicated that it will continue to use the controversial book.
School district officials in Volusia
County insist that there’s no problem because other religions come up as
a matter of course in the book. Thus, the argument goes, there’s no
need to have a single chapter dedicated to, say, the Gospels or the
Pentateuch—or, for that matter, Hindu or Buddhist religious traditions.
“Christianity and Judaism is [sic] spread throughout the book,” a school district spokeswoman told WFTV.
The book’s supporters also argue that
students know about Christianity but need to learn more about Islam
because of its crucial importance in international affairs.
On Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a statement criticizing the protesters.
“This group is displaying an alarming
level of intolerance and brazen disregard of minority religions here in
the US. We find their actions Un-American and against every core
principal that makes this country so great,” CAIR said.
Critics of the textbook include District 2
Deltona commissioner Webster Barnaby, who told WFTV that he is only
seeking equal time for other religions, specifically Christianity.
“The problem is: there needs to be
balance. In America today, Christianity is being relegated to the trash
heap,” Barnaby told the station.
“Why relegate Christianity to a footnote
in an entire history book, and you give an entire chapter on the
teachings of Islam?” he added.
“To suggest that everybody knows about Christianity, that is total ignorance,” Barnaby also said.
The “World History” textbook is one of
three textbooks covering similar material that meet Florida’s criteria
for adoption by the state’s public schools.
As a school district spokeswoman noted,
one reason school districts select this book is because it covers
information required under Florida’s Next Generation Sunshine State
Standards—the state’s version of the Common Core.
Why do media outlets continue to reach out for comments from the
same terror-linked infiltrators who helped get Islam in and other
religions out of U.S. textbooks?PS: Muslims are not a minority.
If you live in Florida contact your school board. Then contact your elected officials.
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