At Greensburg Salem High School, students would be introduced to Islam starting from grade six in their study about the Crusades as part of an international studies unit.
They will have a second course on Islam in their 11th grade, focusing on the world's five largest religions; Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism.
"It's brand new to them," said Bob Lehman, social studies teacher at Greensburg Salem.
"They have a foundation with Christianity and Judaism, but we don't really have a Muslim population here to the extent that they would know."...
The lessons will not focus on the terrorists who are not limited to one religion, said Michael Dreger, social studies curriculum coordinator.
"There are radical groups within Islam, there are radical groups within Christianity," he said.
"We don't want to focus on the negative aspects of one religion."...Heaven forfend--that would be awful!
It all sounds really fluffy and inclusive, no? Well, no, says a local CAIR official:
Yet some Muslims were still worried about the inclusion of 9/11 attacks in courses talking about Islam, fearing it would stigmatize the vast majority of moderate Muslims who denounced the attacks.
"An in-depth discussion of him during a basic lesson on Christianity would be inappropriate," Moein Khawaja, executive director of the Philadelphia branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said referring to the terrorist attacks in Norway executed by Anders Behring Breivik, who identifies himself as a Christian.
"They should learn about it in the proper context."...Thus will the Islamists use the Norway shooter--to blow more smoke so we dumb kafirs won't see their context, the context of "jihad is the way; sharia is the goal."
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