State Education Board Finalizes Anti-Islamic Rewrite of Texas Social Studies Lessons
The board also approved teaching students that the September 11 attacks were motivated by Radical Islam, drawing criticism from Muslim advocacy groups.
- The State Board approved a new social studies curriculum for public high school students following testimony from hundreds of Texans, featuring controversial content regarding Islam and Christianity.
- Members mandated teaching that September 11 attacks were motivated by "Radical Islam" rather than specific terrorist groups, despite requests from speakers advocating for positive Muslim leader contributions.
- Board member Brandon Hall stated, "Texas is a majority Christian state, and Christians do not recognize Mohammed as a prophet," while Sameeha Rizvi, Government Affairs and Legislative Manager for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, emphasized curriculum diversity.
- Additional K-8 curriculum changes approved in June include a mandatory reading list with Bible stories; local school districts must implement these during the 2030-31 school year.
- This debate occurs as Gov. Greg Abbott has designated CAIR as a terrorist group, a status currently being challenged in court, while Islam remains highly controversial among top state leaders.
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‘Radical Islam motivated 9/11...’: Texas Education Board approves curriculum changes on religion
The Texas State Board of Education has approved changes to the state’s high school social studies curriculum, sparking a heated debate over how students will learn about Islam, Christianity and the September 11 attacks. The revised standards include language stating that 'radical Islam' motivated the 9/11 attacks and require students to examine aspects of early Islamic history involving military campaigns, slavery and the treatment of women.
Texas schools will teach that ‘radical Islam’ motivated 9/11 — critics call it discriminatory - The Daily Bo Snerdley
BS BULLETIN: Texas approved new high-school social studies standards teaching that “radical Islam” motivated the 9/11 attacks. Students will also study Muhammad’s military campaigns, slavery and treatment of captives. Muslim groups call the curriculum discriminatory; supporters say leaving those facts out would whitewash history. Texas students will soon get a considerably less sanitized lesson about the ideology behind the Sept. 11 terrorist at…
'Never forget' turns into 'remember what?' Different states' histories of 9/11 reveal a fractured national memory
In Alabama, Sept. 11 fits into “military involvement in international conflicts since 1980," while Texas teaches an example of “radical Islamic terrorism."
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