Sekolah Texas Diwajibkan Mengajarkan Islam Kejam dan Radikal
Dewan Pendidikan Texas menyetujui kurikulum studi sosial baru dengan suara 8-4 yang akan mengajarkan Islam sebagai agama 'radikal' dan 'kejam' kepada sekitar lima juta siswa mulai tahun ajaran 2030-2031, sementara Kekristenan akan ditampilkan secara positif melalui kutipan Alkitab. Kurikulum ini juga menggambarkan kampanye militer awal Islam secara negatif dengan menekankan isu perbudakan dan penawanan perempuan, serta mengkaitkan serangan 11 September 2001 dengan 'Islam radikal' penyebab politik. Keputusan ini menuai kecaman keras dari anggota legislatif Muslim dan Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) yang menilai kurikulum tersebut tidak akurat, tidak lengkap, dan tidak adil karena mengajarkan sejarah secara pilih-pilih.
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- Texas State Board of Education approved new social studies curriculum with 8-4 vote.
- New curriculum labels Islam as 'radical' and 'cruel' in high school teachings.
- Christianity will be taught with positive framing under new curriculum.
- Curriculum affects approximately five million students.
- New curriculum takes effect starting 2030-2031 school year.
- Teaching will require Bible readings and emphasize positive aspects of Christianity.
- Early Islamic military campaigns labeled as 'cruel' without similar terms for Christian wars.
- Curriculum highlights slavery and capture of women in early Islam teachings.
- 9/11 attacks will be taught as driven by 'radical Islam' rather than political causes.
- Board is dominated by Republican Party members.
- Vote followed hours of testimony from hundreds of people on Friday.
- Muslim legislator Salman Bhojani criticized curriculum as cherry-picked history.
- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) led opposition to curriculum.
- CAIR stated public schools should teach religious history without degrading specific religions.
- CAIR pledged to oppose any curriculum forcing teachers to link Christianity to historical atrocities.
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