Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Hatred at school

A first-grade student in Saudi Arabia is taught that "Every religion other than Islam is false" and the teacher is instructed to "Give examples of false religions, like Judaism, Christianity etc.". In fifth grade, the Saudi students learn that "It is forbidden for a Muslim to be a loyal friend to someone who does not believe in God or his prophet". Just two examples from the official history and religion textbooks in the Saudi schools.
A new report from the nonprofit group Freedom House offer a sad look at how Saudi Arabia is poisoning the minds of a new generation of kids. (The complete report is here).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Also, there is another article published today in the Boston Globe about the same topic. The link is:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/19/AR2006051901769.html?nav=most_emailed_emailafriend

Anonymous said...

the Catholic Church also teaches "extra ecclessia nulla salus," tho of course the boundaries of the church aren't as sharp as the outer wall of a medieval castle...

XC