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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 18 2014, @10:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 18 2014, @10:08AM (#94879)

    Yeah, that does seem stupid.

    "Hello, I would like to buy one of those for two silver, and one of those for three silver. Here's the three silver I owe you".

    "Hold it, that's five silver in total".

    "Oh really? I disagree"

    "Two plus three equals five".

    "Oh, math... Burn the heretic".

    ... goes to the next seller at the market ...

    "Hello, I would like to buy one of those for five silver and one of those for ten silver. Here's you three silver".

    And no beautiful palaces either, with neither PI, right angles nor triangles.

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 18 2014, @10:36AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 18 2014, @10:36AM (#94892)

    Or:

    "They cannot shoot at us much longer. They only have twenty shots, and I've counted fifteen which they already fired. So they only can fire five more shots."
    "How did you get this number?"
    "Well, it's simple math ... oh, shit ... aaargh!"

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Thursday September 18 2014, @04:22PM

      by Gaaark (41) on Thursday September 18 2014, @04:22PM (#95048) Journal

      And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once at the number three, being the third number to be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."

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