CAIR/HAMAS Spreads Islamic Propaganda in FL English Textbook
By Randy McDaniels ACT! for America/ Jacksonville Chapter
9/26/11
The war for the “Heart” of America (our children) in accordance with the objectives of the Muslim Brotherhood has taken another bold step forward, one which has apparently gone undetected by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) and other education officials.
Islamic Indoctrination in America’s public school textbooks has been detailed in reports by groups like ACT for America, American Textbook Council, and most recently a report by Citizens For National Security (CFNS), which cites over 200 false or misleading excerpts in 27 of Florida’s approved History and Social Studies textbooks, [but] this is the first time to our knowledge of Islamic propaganda being reported in an English textbook.
The textbook Elements in Literature, fourth course by Holt, Rinehart and Winston (ISBN 10:0-03-099302-4) is currently being used by Hilliard Middle-High School in Nassau County, a state of Florida approved textbook.
The lesson is based on an article “Islam in America” by Patricia Smith of the New York Times. A concerned school employee, who requested anonymity, brought this textbook to the local ACT! for America/Jacksonville Chapter for review. What immediately caught our eye was [the name] Ihsan Bagby, the Professor of Islamic Studies referenced in the article.
In other words, he states Muslims can’t by loyal American citizens. Then consider CAIR was designated a Muslim Brotherhood front group and the Palestine Committee (HAMAS) by a federal judge in largest terrorism funding trial in U.S. history (U.S. vs HLF). CAIR members were sentenced up to 65 Years in Prison as a result.
While the message is subtle, the author starts by portraying Sana Haq, a 17-year-old Muslim girl, as “all American,” and then explains as an observant Muslim that she prays five times per day, which makes her different. She details how shopping for jeans could take a week to find a pair which meets her definition of “decent.” She is not allowed to date, but she has male friends. Sana goes on to tell how Islam effects every aspect of her life. “If you ask me to describe myself in one word, that word would be Muslim . . . not American, not Pakistani, not a teenager. Muslim. It’s the most important thing to me.”
The next paragraph informs the students that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the U.S., and estimates Muslim demographics in America between 1.5 and 9 million. . . . [H]ow could the author or anyone determine Islam is the fastest-growing religion with such a wide guestimate in regard to Muslim demographics? Reflecting on this and the images chosen, the author knowingly or not promotes one Muslim Brotherhood agenda [by] exaggerating the size and political clout of the Islamic community in America. More accurate estimates actually place the Muslim population in the U.S between 2.5 and 3.5 Million. [A Pew report in August, 2011, stated it to be 2.75M.—Dorrie]
manmade law in accordance with Sharia. Ihsan Bagby and Sana Haq seem to share this allegiance.
. . . [S]tudents are given the impression that Sana is just like any other American, with the exception that as a Muslim, she is more “modest” and “decent” than most of her western friends, and she dresses this way by her own volition and not as a religious requirement.
The next section, titled “Contrast with Europe,” opens by praising the cultural advances Muslims have made in America, their high voting record, and successful integration as opposed to their European counterparts, who remain on the economic and political fringes, briefly mentioning that Muslims rioted in many French cities in 2005.
The author uses Dearborn, Michigan, (a city with one of the largest concentrations of Muslims in America) as her shining example of integration, and another human interest piece about a senior high football player giving a glowing detail about his requirement to fast during Ramadan. Hassan ends with the statement “When you start your day off fasting . . . . At the end of the day you know you’ve work hard, you know you’ve been faithful . . . . After fasting all day, you feel like a warrior.”
Surely Patricia Smith is wishing she had looked into her crystal ball or consulted a medium prior to using Dearborn as an example of Islamic “integration” in America. Many
controversies emanating from Dearborn have come to light in recent years, to include at each of the past three Arab Fests in 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. The City of Dearborn was recently embarrassed for a second time, when it lost a lawsuit as a result of unconstitutional actions taken by Dearborn police at Arab Fest to silence Christian
citizens. The incidents were caught on video with “integrated” Arab crowds cheering this First Amendment violation in the background.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Islamic community in Dearborn is much more
aligned with their European counter parts who dwell in many of the 750 huddles/no-go zones in France, as well as those in other European cities occupied by Muslims who refuse to “integrate.” Muslims who are demanding Sharia law become the law of the land. This may or may not be representative of the mindset of the majority of American Muslims; however, the reality of the situation in Dearborn combined with those
Muslims with influence in the American mainstream is quite disturbing.
The final and most offensive section, “Impact of 9/11,” is a tired restatement of Muslim victimhood following 9/11 with absolutely no mention of the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day at the hands of Muslims, and no condemnation, and no mention of tens of thousands of attacks in the name of Allah since that day.
Bagby states on one hand “September 11 exposed American Muslims for the first time to a large degree of hostility, . . . that many young Muslims spend a lot of time correcting common ‘misperceptions’ about Islam, i.e., that it condones terrorism (it doesn’t), and that it denies women equal rights (it doesn’t, though many majority-Muslim cultures and countries do).”
Professor Bagby uses truth, partial truth (kitman, to conceal), and deception (Islamic doctrine of taqiyya, holy deception) to lead the children to the conclusion [that] Americans both greatly misunderstand and severely persecute Muslims in America.
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Despite these failures and those of the mainstream media to report on Islamic Indoctrination in classrooms across America, (Fox News excluded ) and the fact little has been done by education officials and textbook publishers to correct them in the past, the good news is: Things are about to change!
This issue is increasingly being forced to a head by the groups already mentioned and now in Florida, individual education teams from various groups: Textbook Action Team (TAT), TEA Party groups, ACT for America, 912, etc., as well as citizens) have joined forces and created Eye on U.S. Education (EUSE) http://www.eyeonuseducation.org led by Sheri Krass. EUSE is quickly emerging as the go to organization on all things education, with teams in virtually every county and already expanding to other states. EUSE is poised to work with our Education Officials to help make the necessary changes to protect our children.
Bill Korach, author of Rock of the Republic is working as the media hub for these groups via his blog, THE REPORT CARD at www.thereportcard.org to help keep parents and citizen informed.
This fall, ACT! for America Education will mail their Executive Summary of a textbook analysis report to Americas 70,000 school board members; the full report will be available on the Web. The report analyzes how 38 commonly used public schools textbooks relay the history and doctrines of Islam. What was uncovered will shock you.
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