Middle East Focus: Texas Taliban, Red State Wahhabi………….

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Texas Taliban, Red State Wahhabi………….

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“The Texas school board is set to vote on a resolution urging publishers to keep "pro-Islamic/anti-Christian" language out of textbooks in the state. Among other complaints, the non-binding decree says some textbooks devote more lines to Islam than to Christianity and print "whitewashes" of Islamic culture. Critics say it relies on a flawed reading of books that are out of use. In May, the panel adopted guidelines that critics said injected conservative political ideas into the curriculum. Texas is one of the largest textbook markets in the US, and a vote in favour of the resolution could carry considerable weight in the publishing industry, supporters say.…….”
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