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TritonRider wrote: Have you looked into the textbooks they use for children, including our Saudi "friends"? i remembered reading that saudi arabia was trying to remedy some of that. don't know how much actually got done or how far the reforms were supposed to go though- "Crown Prince Abdullah, has appointed a 70-strong group of worthies, including, unusually for Saudi Arabia, Shias, women and some noted liberals, to debate reform and suggest remedies. At the latest session of this vaunted “national dialogue”, Saudi researchers presented a paper that details how textbooks inculcate values that the authors declare conflict with both the modern age and the spirit of Islam. Scores of examples make for a convincing argument, and education officials have already withdrawn some texts from classrooms. The national dialogue calls for further revision of the curriculum to promote the values of tolerance and moderation." the first sentence of the following paragraph is telling- "Across the region, Islamist hardliners are interpreting any whiff of change as part of an American-inspired plot to destroy Islam. A review of Kuwait's religious curriculum has been met by heated protests from Islamist parliamentarians, despite the reviewers' plea that they have yet to find anything objectionable. In Jordan MPs have decried new textbooks that describe suicide attacks on civilians as a form of terrorism." http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=2373307 |
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Subject: New Poll
From: (TritonRider) Here are some from a site I don't have much faith in. I'll have to dig for the good site. Now maybe I should post the link. http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cg...a=sr&ID=SR2403 Bill C |
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Subject: New Poll
From: (TritonRider) Here are some from a site I don't have much faith in. I'll have to dig for the good site. Now maybe I should post the link. http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cg...a=sr&ID=SR2403 Bill C |
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TritonRider wrote:
BTW Kyle the activities of GSG9, and the German anti-terrorist boys make the US types look like choirboys. So far they haven't raided me, but thanks for the heads-up! |
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TritonRider wrote:
BTW Kyle the activities of GSG9, and the German anti-terrorist boys make the US types look like choirboys. So far they haven't raided me, but thanks for the heads-up! |
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