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ISIS Bans Teaching Evolution In Schools
BySINAN SALAHEDDIN AND VIVIAN SALAMAPublishedSEPTEMBER 15, 2014, 4:40 PM EDT 57358
The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year. But unlike years past, there will be no art or music. Classes about history, literature and Christianity have been permanently annulled.
The Islamic State group has declared patriotic songs blasphemous and ordered that certain pictures be torn out of textbooks.
But instead of compliance, Iraqs second largest city has at least so far responded to the Sunni militants demands with silence. Although the extremists stipulated that the school year would begin Sept. 9, pupils have uniformly not shown up for class, according to residents who spoke anonymously because of safety concerns. They said families were keeping their children home out of mixed feelings of fear, resistance and uncertainty.
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The new curriculum even went so far as to explicitly ban Charles Darwin's theory of evolution although it was not previously taught in Iraqi schools.
BySINAN SALAHEDDIN AND VIVIAN SALAMAPublishedSEPTEMBER 15, 2014, 4:40 PM EDT 57358
The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year. But unlike years past, there will be no art or music. Classes about history, literature and Christianity have been permanently annulled.
The Islamic State group has declared patriotic songs blasphemous and ordered that certain pictures be torn out of textbooks.
But instead of compliance, Iraqs second largest city has at least so far responded to the Sunni militants demands with silence. Although the extremists stipulated that the school year would begin Sept. 9, pupils have uniformly not shown up for class, according to residents who spoke anonymously because of safety concerns. They said families were keeping their children home out of mixed feelings of fear, resistance and uncertainty.
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The new curriculum even went so far as to explicitly ban Charles Darwin's theory of evolution although it was not previously taught in Iraqi schools.
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Look who else banned teaching evolution in schools: (Original Post)
kpete
Feb 2015
OP
I looked at your title and I thought it would be a couple of states here in the good ole USA
Autumn
Feb 2015
#1
ISIS gets their textbooks from Texas. They get their propaganda methods from Brother Fox.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#4
Autumn
(45,109 posts)1. I looked at your title and I thought it would be a couple of states here in the good ole USA
Well it's probably coming.
Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)2. i thought the answer was gonna be kansas
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)5. Kansas, #1 in backwardness, almost, got a couple of ties with other states. n/t
on point
(2,506 posts)3. Delusional religious fundies everywhere unite! All seeking return to Stone Age
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)4. ISIS gets their textbooks from Texas. They get their propaganda methods from Brother Fox.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)6. Well, the RWers will chuckle and say
that at least ISIS is doing something right
stopped clock and all that.