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Texas education board wants to limit mentions of Islam in world history textbooks
- 09-27-2010
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Los Angeles Times
The Texas State Board of Education adopted a resolution Friday that seeks to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, as social-conservative board members warned of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation's publishing industry. The board approved the one-page nonbinding resolution, which urges textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books, by a 7-5 vote.
Critics say it's another example of the ideologically focused board trying to politicize public education in the Lone Star State. (more…)
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