Your children may learn that Muslims discovered America

The American Thinker ^ | 4-16-04 | Ed Lasky

[BenLurkin]

Every day we learn the Islamicists and the leftists have more and more in common.

Brainwashing school kids has long been a priority of the democrat and leftist enemies within.

Seems they have new allies in the war against America.

[kinsman redeemer]

Not if you teach them at home.

[Piquaboy]

This is another example of how our tax money is not being wasted by our great NEA run school system. Give your tax money freely and as often as you can. It's for our chillen.

[Hodar]

Everyone knows this a false accusation; we all know that Christoper Al Ek-bar Columbus discovered the Americas with the Nina, Pinta and the Allah Akbar.... < /yes, I'm being sarcastic>

[codder too]

Be sure to see the Fordham Foundation report. It gives specific references to the Pennsylvania curriculum. A real eye opener.

Eradicating this will require STATE level action as it is so deeply intrenched at this point.

[ModelBreaker]

LOL. PC vs PC. Muslims vs American Indians.

[Gefreiter]

I highly recommend Diane Ravitch's "Language Police", which discusses this and similar topics in detail.

In a nutshell, the politics of the far left AND the far right put tremendous economic pressure, pressure that is vastly disproportionate to their true numbers, on textbook publishers to produce material satisfactory to their sensibilities.

The actual information contained therein is really secondary- tertiary, even- to the whole publishing process.

Anyway, it's a good read.

[ken5050]

It's TRUE..MUslims did discover America..about 50 years BEFORE the Vikings landed...they spent 5 years travellign up and down the east coast, but when the couldn't find ONE camel, nor one fig tree, they said the land had no promise, that no one would want to live there..

[tiamat]

You are SOoooooo funny!

;-)

[tiamat]

Everybody knows the Irish beat the Vikings....

[ken5050]

man oh man, a guy CAN'T win for trying....(g)

[socal_parrot]

Muslim explorers preceded Columbus to North America

Hey, maybe that's why pita bread resembles Indian flat bread.

[kinsman redeemer]

stop public fundind of education.

That's Grate!

[CJ Wolf]

It is true and it is also true that it is where the indians learned the practice of scalping.

[veronica]

Hey, maybe that's why pita bread resembles Indian flat bread.

If that's criteria, then Jews discovered America. ...:)

[Atomic Vomit]

Revisionist History!
Now Playing at a school near you!

The more I read about these traitors from CAIR, the more I realize they should be shipped out of here. Or sent to GITMO for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

[veronica]

BTTT...

[jolie560]

I saw a program last week broadcasted on our local "community information" cable TV channel.

The program was a panel of religious leaders in the Jacksonville FL area. One panel member was a Muslim cleric, who stated--in all seriousness--that all religions are united because Jesus Christ himself was a Muslim, as were Moses and Abraham.