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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 CRCulver on Thursday September 18 2014, @02:33PM

    by CRCulver (4390) on Thursday September 18 2014, @02:33PM (#94995) Homepage

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

    They have been. If you are unaware of this, the fault is yours. Central Asian Muslim bodies (usually closely entwined with secular authoritarian leaders who don't want the unstability that religious fundamentalism brings) have taken great pains to turn their followers away from radical interpretations of Islam. Those states also called for armed action against the Taliban. Groups like Ismailis and Ahmadis, who suffer violence and other forms of persecution from fundamentalists, have been speaking out for decades against Islamism in media here and abroad.

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  • (Score: 1) by turgid on Thursday September 18 2014, @06:58PM

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Thursday September 18 2014, @06:58PM (#95141) Journal

    Here in the UK the media have been pretty bad at reporting on-goings. However, today the Guardian has a piece [theguardian.com] about British Muslims speaking out against the atrocities of IS/ISIS/ISIL.

    The is an absurd meme going about in the UK just now that "all Muslims" believe in IS/The Caliphate and Islamism/Islamofascism and that they're all waiting to pounce on us, chopping off heads, crucifying non-believers and claiming the UK for the Caliphate. It has given rise to some very ugly right wing extremism [bbc.co.uk],