Saudi textbooks still preach hatred - report (Warning- Graphic)

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25749524.htm

RIYADH, May 25 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's education system continues to preach hatred for both Muslims and non-Muslims who oppose the ultraconservative state's version of Islam despite pledges of reform, a report published in the United States said.

The Saudi curriculum came under intense scrutiny after the September 11 attacks on U.S. cities in 2001 since 15 of the 19 attackers were Saudis acting in the name of al Qaeda, which is led by Saudi-born fugitive Osama bin Laden.

Authorities in the absolute monarchy say the results of the reforms to tone down the kingdom's puritanical Wahhabi form of Islam in school textbooks and mosques will take time to appear.

But the report by the U.S.-based Institute for Gulf Affairs, run by Saudi opposition figures, and U.S. think-tank Freedom House says material currently taught at primary and secondary school level shows the reforms are far from complete.

[snappyturtle]

1. YUCK!! n/t

[MrPrax]

2. Really...

Well that's not cool, so maybe we should kill them

:sarcasm:

[NNN0LHI]

4. We wouldn't have to kill the Saudi ruling family

If the USA just pulled out all if its security companies (mercenaries) the Saudi people would take care of that in a jiffy.

Don

[Jim Warren]

3. I wish I knew how to aquit you n/t

[mod mom]

5. That picture should be posted on the Free Republic! nt

[doodadem]

6. This report was on NPR yesterday morning

While I don't personally agree with what the Saudis are teaching, I have a real problem with the U.S. interfering in another country's religious beliefs. Same thing they've done so many times before--we are right, you are wrong. You must be assimilated. Same reason I have a huge problem with "missionaries" thru history.

What if the Saudis came here, perused our textbooks, and said, we don't like this. You have to change it. What gives anybody else the right to pass judgment on another's religion?

[pointblank]

7. Oh man

This administration is so in bed with the real enemy it is sickening.

How in the hell this one fact alone doesn't piss the "Joe redneck Bush supporters" off enough to abandon the guy is beyond me.....not to mention immigration, the economy, gun rights (New Orleans) etc etc etc

[Ganja Ninja]

8. That looks like true love to me. n/t