07-14-2006, 01:44 AM
Saudi textbooks preach intolerance, hate --
Despite post-9/11 policy change, children still taught to wage jihad
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13804825/
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->...In numerous statements, senior Saudi officials have specifically claimed that the kingdom has cleaned up all school textbooks (after 9-11).
"We eliminated what might be perceived as intolerance from old textbooks that were in our system," says Prince Turki al-Faisal, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
Nina Shea's group â the Center for Religious Freedom â examined textbooks used during the past school year, and found the following teachings, which were verified by NBC News:
* Jews and Christians are "enemies" of Muslims.
* Every religion other than Islam is "false."
* "The hour [of Judgment] will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them."
"It's taught that Christians and Jews are the enemy of the Muslim," says Shea. "And that the Muslim must wage jihad in order to spread the faith in battle against the infidel."
What's more, an eighth grade text equates Jews with "apes" and Christian infidels with "swine." A tenth grade text teaches that the life of a Muslim is worth twice that of a non-Muslim.
"This is the ideological foundation for building tomorrows' terrorists," says Shea. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Despite post-9/11 policy change, children still taught to wage jihad
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13804825/
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->...In numerous statements, senior Saudi officials have specifically claimed that the kingdom has cleaned up all school textbooks (after 9-11).
"We eliminated what might be perceived as intolerance from old textbooks that were in our system," says Prince Turki al-Faisal, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.
Nina Shea's group â the Center for Religious Freedom â examined textbooks used during the past school year, and found the following teachings, which were verified by NBC News:
* Jews and Christians are "enemies" of Muslims.
* Every religion other than Islam is "false."
* "The hour [of Judgment] will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them."
"It's taught that Christians and Jews are the enemy of the Muslim," says Shea. "And that the Muslim must wage jihad in order to spread the faith in battle against the infidel."
What's more, an eighth grade text equates Jews with "apes" and Christian infidels with "swine." A tenth grade text teaches that the life of a Muslim is worth twice that of a non-Muslim.
"This is the ideological foundation for building tomorrows' terrorists," says Shea. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->