Limiting Islam in textbooks

[Nina~ 431]

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas State Board of Education has adopted a resolution seeking to curtail references to Islam in textbooks.

Social conservatives on the board had asked that the resolution be put on Friday's agenda. It was approved by a 7-6 vote.

The one-page resolution calls on textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books and says the board "will look to reject future prejudicial social studies submissions."

The resolution is nonbinding on future boards, which will choose the state's next generation of social studies texts.

Social conservatives control the 15-member board for now, although the landscape is set to change after one member of the bloc lost his primary election bid and another chose not to seek re-election.

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The resolution is nonbinding on future boards, which will choose the state's next generation of social studies texts.

Social conservatives control the 15-member board for now, although the landscape is set to change after one member of the bloc lost his primary election bid and another chose not to seek re-election.

So... this whole story is meaningless?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Which textbooks are we talking?

US History? World History?

It kind of makes a difference... They're being moronic if it's world history.

Granted the United States as a whole is moronic on "World History." They should really just call it "Western World History."

[Nina~ 431]

Which textbooks are we talking?

US History? World History?

It kind of makes a difference... They're being moronic if it's world history.

Granted the United States as a whole is moronic on "World History." They should really just call it "Western World History."

The resolution cites world history books no longer used in Texas schools that it says devoted more lines of text to Islamic beliefs and practices than Christian beliefs and practices.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

What's funny about that is it's not just "Texas schools." - Their decisions effect the entire nation in many cases....

[luckytxn 2,263]

Well other states could just tell the publishers that they will not purchase school books that Texas approves of. I think that if all the other states would band together they outnumber Texas.