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FLORIDA: Another public school board under fire for using a history textbook that promotes Islam to the virtual exclusion of every other religion

 

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...this is one of the Saudi government supplied (free of charge) textbooks?

Two Brevard School Board members are reviewing a world history textbook used in ninth grade Advance Placement classes amid concerns that it is biased in favor of Islam — at the expense of Christianity and Judaism.

Florida Today  House Representative Ritch Workman and individuals from two citizens groups spoke against the textbook, Prentice Hall World History, at the Brevard School Board meeting Tuesday, citing examples of phrases and passages they believe show bias.

“Our children deserve facts and accuracy, not history being revised for our own failure or desire to not offend one culture or another,” said Workman, a Republican from Melbourne.

The textbook, which has been used in Brevard for the past three years, devotes a chapter to Islam, with sections including the rise of Islam and the building of the Muslim empire. Conversely, Christianity and Judaism do not have their own chapters and instead are referenced in paragraphs embedded in other sections.

Workman also expressed concern about how historic events are portrayed and what phrases are used. For example, he said the textbook reads "Jesus proclaims himself to be the Messiah, but declares Muhammad becomes a prophet". 

School board members Amy Kneessy and Andy Ziegler promised to review the textbook, which is published by Pearson, a well-known printer of educational textbooks. “No matter what the subject is, whether it’s math, English, science or world history, students need to have accurate, unbiased information,” Kneessy said. “If textbooks are unbiased or incomplete, it’s our job to fix that.”

“The textbook referenced was approved by the state of Florida and meets all requirements for the High School World History Course,” she wrote in an email. “

Ziegler said the underlining issue is accuracy and fairness — and should be investigated. “If there is information in our textbooks that is incorrect, I believe it needs to be correct.”

Non-Muslim school children on a field trip to a mosque being forced to get down on their hands and knees and pray to Allah

Robin Miller, who is going into her second year teaching at Eau Gallie High School, said she noticed that the book referenced Islam more than Christianity when she used it in class. “There was more discussion of the Muslim aspects, but I attributed it to it being more focused on the world and other cultures than our own,” she said.

The textbook in question is not scheduled to be replaced for another three years. It was selected for adoption by a district committee that included parents and educators.  The two groups, Citizens for National Security and the Space Coast chapter of ACT!, have been researching school textbooks. Leaders say the groups have members in common, but act independently.

“The kids, when they come back to the school in the fall, are going to have this textbook, which is biased and incorrect,” said Boca Raton resident William Saxton, chairman of the Citizens for National Security.

Wilfredo Ruiz, an attorney for Florida terror-linked CAIR, believes the groups have an agenda in challenging textbooks that present Islam in an objective way. “They just want to create an environment of intolerance toward Muslims and an environment of hate against Islam,” he said.

Individuals who spoke at Tuesday’s school board meeting said their goal is for Brevard to adopt a more balanced textbook.

Bill Prince of Melbourne, a retired military colonel who has deployed to a dozen different countries in the Middle East, told school board members he fought against followers of radical Islam. “It is my considered opinion that the textbooks that our students are using in Brevard County do not give a balanced view,” he said. “I think it’s fine to explain the five pillars of Islam, but for us to whitewash some of the really terrible things, about, especially, radical Islam, does a great disservice.”

 (barenakedislam.com)

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