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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 18 2014, @05:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 18 2014, @05:43PM (#95090)

    There have been various reporting statements about this. Even NPR addresses this issue. The original name of the group was ISIL. This is somewhat an artifact of translation. ISIS is a snappier name, and the western media caught on to it. The Islamic State name is a "re-branding" effort and simplification. President Obama has explicitly stated he, and the DOD, will continue to use ISIL in order to discredit rebranding efforts.

    Actually, if we really want to discredit ISIS (or ISIL, or whatever), we should call them Daesh [washingtonpost.com]. Apparently, they really hate that.

  • (Score: 2) by EvilJim on Friday September 19 2014, @01:55AM

    by EvilJim (2501) on Friday September 19 2014, @01:55AM (#95322) Journal

    ISLOL