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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: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday September 18 2014, @02:15PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Thursday September 18 2014, @02:15PM (#94986)

    When all of the "peaceful and pleasant" Islamic world joins (or leads) the fight against the radical factions, then the distinction will be obvious.

    Well, then you'll be pleased to know that the nations of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, UAE, Yemen, Iraq (for whatever that government is worth), and Kuwait are generally US allies in the fight against the radical factions. Even Iran is thinking of getting on board against ISIL. The current governments of Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco are to varying degrees friendly or allied with Western powers on this issue (I'm leaving out Libya because their post-Qaddafi situation is complicated at best).

    So yes, it's safe to say that the vast majority of the Islamic world is not supportive of the radical Islamist groups.

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  • (Score: 2) by Geotti on Thursday September 18 2014, @04:16PM

    by Geotti (1146) on Thursday September 18 2014, @04:16PM (#95043) Journal

    AFAIK Syria would like to help too, but some interest group(s) are instead financing rebel troops, which might turn out to be on the side of ISIL after all.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 19 2014, @01:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 19 2014, @01:00AM (#95306)

    Well, then you'll be pleased to know that the nations of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, UAE, Yemen, Iraq (for whatever that government is worth), and Kuwait are generally US allies in the fight against the radical factions.

    And you will be not so pleased to know that much of their support will be in the form of allowing US military personnel to be stationed at bases on their land, provide fly-over rights, logistical support, a (somewhat tepid) moral support in the form of tut-tutting their extremist co-religionists, and not much more. Actually joining in the fight? Not so much. :-(