Posted on 01/07/2015 9:03:38 AM PST by george76
School closures ordered by the Islamic State militant group have resulted in an estimated 670,000 children in Syria being deprived of an education
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The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot that has seized territory in Syria and Iraq, began shutting schools in areas in eastern Syria in November. The closures were ordered pending a religious revision of the curriculum.
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Between 1.3 million and 1.6 million Syrian children have been prevented from attending school as a result of the now five-year civil war, which has killed more than 200,000 and displaced half the country’s population
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In September, students in Mosul returned to school to find that history, geography and literature lessons were eliminated, with a ban issued by the group only allowing religious studies to be taught
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We won’t fight them because they are killing and bombing us, but...we will “do it for the children”.
why is this my problem? They want their kids ignorant, so be it.
Seems to me that there are a hell of a lot people in Syria that are just willing to go along with the Islamic State. I just don’t have the energy to really care. They need to spill their own blood for their freedom.
You need not know anything except the contents of your Qur'an and how to manage weapons and explosives. You don't need school!
This is great news. Anyone deprived of a government education is truly blessed. We should not rest until every child in the country is deprived of a government education.
Guess the curriculum needs to teach an even stronger hatred for Jews and Christians. The kids can all just join Isis, their equivalent of home schooling, where they can learn to turn their hate into real action.
If the children don’t get a well rounded education, they’ll never learn that islam isn’t the be all to end all. Can’t have that.
It is the will of Allah. Peace be upon you and yours. :0)
The indigenous goats should be afraid. Very, very afraid.
They want to be stupid. They want to be martyred. Why do we keep losing to them? Can we please just try to win instead of having politically correct rules of engagement?
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