TENNESSEE CHRISTIAN MOM WANTS HISTORY TEXTBOOK REMOVED FROM SCHOOLS FOR PROMOTING ISLAMIC PROPAGANDA
BY CHRISTINE WILLIAMS
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/11/tennessee-christian-mom-wants-history-textbook-removed-from-schools-for-promoting-islamic-propaganda; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
A Christian mother from Tennessee is asking a county’s board of education to remove a history textbook that supposedly promotes Islamic propaganda to schoolchildren. The International Business Times claims that the Tennessee Christian mother is a member of an “anti-Islam parents’ group,” when the woman is specifically against Islamic propaganda and/or indoctrination — quite the difference. Every time something related to Islam is challenged, the challenger is first referred to as “anti-Islam,” and then labeled an “Islamophobe.”
Some groups such as the National Coalition Against Censorship, however, disagreed with Edmisten’s complaint, saying it “sadly reflects larger efforts to purge lessons on Islam from schools in Tennessee.”The group also questioned moves to revise the school curriculum in the county retaining lessons on religions including Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, but removing information “on the history and spread of Islam, the life and teachings of Muhammad, and the study of Islamic art.”
There is a very obvious reason why the Christian mom has no problem with Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism being taught. It’s because none of these groups are threatening the peace of the world by invoking their religious texts to justify what is often state-sanctioned violence. None of these groups have as part of the normative practice of their religion the subjugation of women, the death penalty for apostates, and warfare against infidels. None of them are seeking to impose their law worldwide through dawah, hijrah and jihad. Their religious texts don’t call upon their adherents to “strike terror into the hearts of unbelievers” globally in the course of pursuing their brutal jihadi ambitions.
If Muslims choose to practice their faith privately in peace and respect the pluralism of Western societies, this is to be commended and they are to be supported. Unfortunately, however, normative Islam is political Islam, which is oppressive, anti-democratic, and anti-human rights. A couple of examples: 14 out of 15 of the top persecutors of Christians are Islamic states; and a million British girls were abused by Muslim rape gangs. Somehow I doubt that the children in Sullivan county, Tennessee will be learning about these facts and others about how Islamic supremacism threatens their safety and security. They would likely be told that Islam, like all other faiths, is no threat at all, as it is a religion of peace.
“Christian Mom From Tennessee Wants History Textbook Removed From Schools for Promoting Islamic Propaganda,” by Andre Mitchell, Christian Today, November 12, 2016:
Christian mom from Tennessee wants history textbook removed from schools for promoting Islamic propaganda, Christian Today, November 12, 2016:A Christian mother from Tennessee is asking a county’s board of education to remove a history textbook that supposedly promotes Islamic propaganda to schoolchildren.Michelle Edmisten, a founder of the Facebook group Sullivan County Parents Against Islam Indoctrination, wants the book “My World History” to be “yanked from the school immediately.”Edmisten called the education board’s attention to the textbook after her daughter was asked to use the publication for an assignment where students were asked about the name of Islam’s holy book, and to identify the five pillars of Islam.The mom told the board that her daughter felt that “some of the assignments went against her beliefs as a Christian.”“I would like to see parents, Christians, veterans, anyone that’s anyone, stand up for this fight. How can I, as a Christian, say that I have these values?” Edmisten said, as quoted by The International Business Times.This incident prompted the Christian mother to file a complaint with the education board asking the latter to pull out all copies of the textbook “My World History” from all schools in Sullivan county, saying the book gives “false claims and views on Islam” and tries to “normalize” the understanding of the Islamic faith to their children…..Some groups such as the National Coalition Against Censorship, however, disagreed with Edmisten’s complaint, saying it “sadly reflects larger efforts to purge lessons on Islam from schools in Tennessee.”The group also questioned moves to revise the school curriculum in the county retaining lessons on religions including Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, but removing information “on the history and spread of Islam, the life and teachings of Muhammad, and the study of Islamic art.”
