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The Islamic State Bans Teaching Math to Students

posted by n1 on Thursday September 18 2014, @09:27AM   Printer-friendly
from the 1+1=blasphemy dept.

Hugh Pickens writes:

Newsweek reports that ISIS has announced a new curriculum banning the study of math for students in areas of Iraq and Syria it controls. Also banned will be the teaching of music, social studies (especially anything about elections or democracy), and sports. Books cannot include any reference to evolution and teachers must say that the laws of physics and chemistry "are due to Allah's rules and laws." Students will instead learn all about "belonging to Islam," and how to "denounce infidelity and infidels." Teachers who break the rules "will be punished," according to fliers posted in ISIS-controlled territory.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by dublet on Thursday September 18 2014, @09:52AM

    by dublet (2994) on Thursday September 18 2014, @09:52AM (#94872)

    Actually "Arabic" numerals as we call them are of Babylonian origin [wikipedia.org], which in turn borrowed heavily from the Indian Brahmi numerals [wikipedia.org].

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by tibman on Thursday September 18 2014, @02:19PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 18 2014, @02:19PM (#94990)

    Babylon is in south/central Iraq. Well, the ruins of it anyways. I have been there : )

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