SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
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.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
The Islamic State Bans Teaching Math to Students
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 70 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
I consider the day misspent that I am not either charged with a crime,
or arrested for one.
-- "Ratsy" Tourbillon
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Thursday September 18 2014, @01:25PM
And algorithms. And a great deal of astronomy. And alchemy. And a whole bunch of other areas.
For a few centuries, the leading center of scientific research in the world was in Baghdad. That was because the Abbasid Caliphate came to the conclusion that the advancement of knowledge through research was not only compatible with Islam but in fact would be a way of honoring Allah by gaining a greater understanding of the beauty of his creation. And since ISIL claims to be restoring the Caliphate, shouldn't they be trying to follow in the footsteps of guys like Al-Mansur?
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Thursday September 18 2014, @05:28PM
Perhaps, but it's pretty tricky to run a tightly controlled theocracy with an well educated populace.