Saudi Textbooks

Saudi Arabia, that bastion of tolerance -- religious and otherwise -- has been out promoting their edited school texts for the past couple of years. Post 9/11, the Saudis have been accused by many, for building a culture of hate of others who do not follow the state sponsored Wahhabi doctrine of Islam -- let alone non-Muslims. Since a number of the 9/11 murderers, and their el capitaine, all hail from Saudi Arabia, some post 9/11 spin was needed in a hurry. So, Saudi Arabia went about rewriting their school textbooks, and have since had the traveling sales show spinning the virtues of tolerance imbued their enlightened texts. The Washington Post got their hands on some of the rewritten texts, and provides some excerpts on their site.

As translated by the Washington Post, the virtuous are taught the following:
  • A Muslim, even if he lives far away, is your brother in religion. Someone who opposes God, even if he is your brother by family tie, is your enemy in religion.
  • As cited in Ibn Abbas: The apes are Jews, the people of the Sabbath; while the swine are the Christians, the infidels of the communion of Jesus.
  • Muslims will triumph because they are right. He who is right is always victorious, even if most people are against him.
  • It is part of God's wisdom that the struggle between the Muslim and the Jews should continue until the hour [of judgment].
  • Jihad in the path of God -- which consists of battling against unbelief, oppression, injustice, and those who perpetrate it -- is the summit of Islam. This religion arose through jihad and through jihad was its banner raised high. It is one of the noblest acts, which brings one closer to God, and one of the most magnificent acts of obedience to God.

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Comments

  1. Amal11:31 p.m., May 24, 2006

    This is truly sickening. Truly truly sickening. I will never ever visit Saudi Arabia.

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  2. Amal12:44 a.m., May 30, 2006

    I keep coming back to this post. I just am so angered that they would even teach crap like that.

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