BEWARE THE ARAB WORLD STUDIES NOTEBOOK - a textbook for U.S. teachers in middle and high schools

Since learning about the "interfaith" event at St. Mary's Academy - at which Muslim propagandist Aseel Nasir-Dyck was invited to speak and pray - I haven't had much peace of mind.

To be clear, I'm not accusing St. Mary's or The Sentinel or the Archdiocese of anti-Semitism. Perhaps they are all unaware of the controversy; they may simply need somebody to inform them. It would be helpful to see ads promoting Jewish-Christian interfaith dialogue in The Sentinel

Anti-Semitism in American Schools and Academia

It is shocking. I never thought I'd live to see the day American schools would turn on Israel and Jewish people. But it is happening. Thanks to culture warriors David Horowitz and his team at FrontPageMag.com - including newly added Robert Spencer - I've uncovered more information for you.

From the book Londonistan, I learned that the people of Britain, even the Church of England, have taken a stand against Israel. Author Melanie Phillips exposes the scandalous appeasement of militant Islam by British officials, the media, even the Church of England . . .---back of the book.

. . . the Church of England has been in the forefront of the retreat from the Judeo-Christian heritage. --- from the Introduction.

The British also think that Jews and Muslims coexisted perfectly well until Israel was created. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

Britain's lethally misguided mindset

Britain . . . insists that the Middle East conflict is a dispute about land. Partly, this is because the empirical, rational British are incapable of understanding the hysteria and paranoia unleashed by religious fanaticism. They think that the only thing that could drive someone to the inhuman act of suicide bombing is the despair and rage caused by oppression.

. . . they cannot see that Israel is actually the front line of defense in the war that has been declared upon the United States and the United Kingdom, and that buses are being blown up in Jerusalem for exactly the same reason that Tube trains were blown up in London, and the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were hit in New York and Washington.

Instead, they blame Jerusalem and Washington for the atrocities of London. While they loathe and fear Islamist extremism, they accuse the Jews of provoking it.----Chapter Six: Scapegoating the Jews

This book is a warning to the United States and I highly recommend it.

Phillips has good news about what she called the "counteroffensive" in the U.S.

The grip of the left-wing intelligentsia has been loosened by the growth of conservative think tanks and publishing houses, talk radio and now the internet bloggers.

In Britain, by contrast, there has been no equivalent institutional challenge to the hegemony [dominance] of the left and its stranglehold on the universities, media, civil service and other key institutions. In the United States, at least there are wars over culture; in Britain, there has been a rout.

Warning about multiculturalism

As a result, virtually the entire British establishment has succumbed to multiculturalism and victim culture, and the attack on British values that these encapsulate. In America, the churches have been in the forefront of the defense of Western values.---------------from the Introduction.

Resources: ANTI-ISRAEL IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

Saudi Arabia's Tentacles
----analyzes The Arab World Studies Notebook
Nov. 2005

The Saudis are at it again, and this time America's school children are the victims. It's no secret that the princes in Riyadh fund anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic propaganda in mosques and madrassas across the globe. But now a yearlong investigation by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency [JTA] exposes that the oil kingdom's virulent tentacles also stretch into America's public school system.

The JTA says textbooks used in public schools across the country "are highly critical of democratic institutions and forgiving of repressive ones." The books also "praise and sometimes promote Islam, but criticize Judaism and Christianity and are filled with false assertions."

One such book is the "Arab World Studies Notebook." The JTA reports that it suggests that Jews have "undue influence on U.S. foreign policy" and that its country section omits any information on Israel and only refers to "Palestine." The book writes that the Koran "synthesizes and perfects earlier revelations," namely Jewish and Christian. According to the JTA the two organizations behind the book - the Arab World and Islamic Resources [AWAIR] and the Middle East Policy Council [MPEC] - receive funding from Saudi Arabia: AWAIR from the state-owned Saudi Aramco oil company and MPEC directly from Riyadh. According to MPEC's Web site it has "conducted Workshops in 175 different cities in 43 states," which "more than 16,000 educators have attended."
READ FULL STORY - http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20058

"Tainted Teachings: What your kids are learning about Israel, America, and Islam"
http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/2247
------Campus Watch is an affiliate of Front Page Mag

Anti-Semitism in Academia
http://www.discoverthenetwork.com/viewSubCategory.asp?id=86
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