Iran's School's | Reuters.com

 

Iran schools feed pupils "war curriculum" - report

Tue 30 Jan 2007 12:09 PM ET

By Mark John
BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Iran's schools are nurturing a siege mentality in children with textbooks showing preparations for war and depicting Israel and the West as the enemy, an Israel-based think tank said on Tuesday.
One textbook gave 13-year-olds a basic overview of light arms while one early reader book depicted the murder of a Palestinian toddler by an Israeli soldier, a survey by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP) found.
"Iran's war curriculum is a danger to the world's peace and security. This is the way the books develop a siege mentality in the minds of the students," CMIP director of research Arnon Groiss told a news conference in Brussels.
CMIP has produced surveys of school material in Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority and said its survey of 115 textbooks published in Iran in 2004 was the first of its kind.
Groiss said all the textbooks were underpinned by the belief that Iran was a world power preparing for global "jihad", or holy struggle, with the aim of world dominance of Islam.
"This has been a structural component of the Iranian regime since (the Islamic Revolution in) 1979. It is not a product of (Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad," he said of Iran's firebrand president who has called for the destruction of Israel.
Stories and poems aimed at primary school-age children hailed martyrs killed in defence of their country and faith, such as those who died in the 1980 to 1988 war with Iraq, with one illustrated with a rainbow dripping with martyr's blood.
Akbar Nabavi, an Iranian war veteran and now documentary maker, said the report was intended to misrepresent Iran.
"The American nation respects its soldiers and their cause though they are being killed in a foreign land (Iraq), thousands of miles from home," he said. "Why shouldn't we commemorate the sacrifice of our martyrs killed defending their country and their faith?"
MILITARY TACTICS
Groiss highlighted one passage in a reading book for eight-year-olds:
"At that time the Israeli officer pounded (three-year-old) Mohammed's head with his rifle stock and his warm blood was sprinkled upon his (six-year-old) brother Khaled's hands."
Another picture book for 10-year-olds showed veiled girls carrying rifles while material for 13-year-olds provided a basic acquaintance with weaponry, explosives and military tactics.
Israel was consistently referred to as "the regime that occupies Jerusalem" and marked out on maps as "Occupied Palestine". The United States was the "Great Satan", the "World Devourer" or the "Arrogant One".
Despite official opposition to the U.S. government, many Iranians remain sympathetic to the American people and held spontaneous vigils to show support for them after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Groiss acknowledged he had no recent information on the influence the textbooks were having on Iranian children.
While the concept of martyrdom is central to the Shi'ite Islam which is predominant in Iran, no Iranians are thought to have directly executed suicide bombings in recent years.
However, one Iranian group, which insists it has no government affiliation, says it has signed up thousands of would-be martyrs to target U.S. or British interests if Iran was attacked over its nuclear programme.
(Additional reporting by Alireza Ronaghi and Edmund Blair)

Source: World Crises | Reuters.com

 

Do you know what your school's are teaching your children?

Last word: What Insight reported and what it did not | Article | Free Access | Insight

 

Last word: What Insight reported and what it did not

Insight is an online weekly political intelligence report that provides political intelligence background to its subscribers.

Insight reported on January 17 that the opposition research war room of presidential contender Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was conducting a background check on Senator Barack Obama's years in Jakarta, Indonesia, which would conclude that “the young Obama was enrolled in a Madrassa and was raised and educated as a Muslim.”

Under the headline, “Hillary's team has questions about Obama's Muslim background,” Insight cited reports from its very credible sources that the opposition research is seeking hard evidence that Mr. Obama is still a Muslim or has ties to Islam. A Hillary Clinton spokesman has denied any involvement.

The Insight report ignited a controversy with numerous articles and columns from mainstream media operations including CNN, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Some from the mainstream media reported that the claims about Obama were being made by Insight. This is incorrect. Rather, Insight was reporting information our sources said was part of the Clinton camp’s opposition research and potential campaign strategy against an opponent.

CNN, and others in the traditional print and broadcast media followed up on Insight’s intelligence report and went to the school in Indonesia Obama attended as a boy. CNN reported that the school is not now and never was a Madrassa.

Some reporters drew an inaccurate conclusion that because information from Indonesia discredited the idea that Obama’s school was a Madrassa, Insight’s article was false. Some even went on to suggest that the story was intended to denigrate Islam or even Sen. Obama’s religious beliefs. This is false. Insight abhors religious or racial intolerance. Such prejudice or bigotry has no place in society, including journalism.

If read carefully, one can see that Insight’s story simply reported on a potential attack strategy on Obama by his Democratic Party opponents.

Insight stands by its story. Having laid the ground, we now leave it to the mainstream print and broadcast news organizations to ferret out more facts and make judgment calls on relevance. We are pleased that our inside-Washington knowledge and contacts could contribute to the political debate. Such a debate is, however, not within Insight's purview as a subscriber-based political intelligence report.

Source: Last word: What Insight reported and what it did not | Article | Free Access | Insight

World Crises | Reuters.com

 

Iran schools feed pupils "war curriculum" - report

Tue 30 Jan 2007 12:09 PM ET

By Mark John
BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Iran's schools are nurturing a siege mentality in children with textbooks showing preparations for war and depicting Israel and the West as the enemy, an Israel-based think tank said on Tuesday.
One textbook gave 13-year-olds a basic overview of light arms while one early reader book depicted the murder of a Palestinian toddler by an Israeli soldier, a survey by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP) found.
"Iran's war curriculum is a danger to the world's peace and security. This is the way the books develop a siege mentality in the minds of the students," CMIP director of research Arnon Groiss told a news conference in Brussels.
CMIP has produced surveys of school material in Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority and said its survey of 115 textbooks published in Iran in 2004 was the first of its kind.
Groiss said all the textbooks were underpinned by the belief that Iran was a world power preparing for global "jihad", or holy struggle, with the aim of world dominance of Islam.
"This has been a structural component of the Iranian regime since (the Islamic Revolution in) 1979. It is not a product of (Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad," he said of Iran's firebrand president who has called for the destruction of Israel.
Stories and poems aimed at primary school-age children hailed martyrs killed in defence of their country and faith, such as those who died in the 1980 to 1988 war with Iraq, with one illustrated with a rainbow dripping with martyr's blood.
Akbar Nabavi, an Iranian war veteran and now documentary maker, said the report was intended to misrepresent Iran.
"The American nation respects its soldiers and their cause though they are being killed in a foreign land (Iraq), thousands of miles from home," he said. "Why shouldn't we commemorate the sacrifice of our martyrs killed defending their country and their faith?"
MILITARY TACTICS
Groiss highlighted one passage in a reading book for eight-year-olds:
"At that time the Israeli officer pounded (three-year-old) Mohammed's head with his rifle stock and his warm blood was sprinkled upon his (six-year-old) brother Khaled's hands."
Another picture book for 10-year-olds showed veiled girls carrying rifles while material for 13-year-olds provided a basic acquaintance with weaponry, explosives and military tactics.
Israel was consistently referred to as "the regime that occupies Jerusalem" and marked out on maps as "Occupied Palestine". The United States was the "Great Satan", the "World Devourer" or the "Arrogant One".
Despite official opposition to the U.S. government, many Iranians remain sympathetic to the American people and held spontaneous vigils to show support for them after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Groiss acknowledged he had no recent information on the influence the textbooks were having on Iranian children.
While the concept of martyrdom is central to the Shi'ite Islam which is predominant in Iran, no Iranians are thought to have directly executed suicide bombings in recent years.
However, one Iranian group, which insists it has no government affiliation, says it has signed up thousands of would-be martyrs to target U.S. or British interests if Iran was attacked over its nuclear programme.
(Additional reporting by Alireza Ronaghi and Edmund Blair)

Source: World Crises | Reuters.com

Islam is the religion of peace.  Someday we will all be Muslim and the rest will be dead if we continue to delude ourselves about the nature of today's religious crisis.  I am not saying war is the only way.  Wars cannot remove hate and resentment.  However, if our grasp of the situation is only politically correct our misguided action will fail to thwart violent jihad in our own land. 

It is not all doom and gloom.  There is a proposal to have the major religions represented as a body policy making body over the security council.  That is the best idea I have heard of so far.   That and making good families with no divorce.

Verses from the Quran

Sharia Law Prevails in Britain.

 

British girl banned from wearing cross at school

| Robert

Here's yet another British Cultural Abdication Alert: the cross is banned while Sikhs and Muslims are allowed religious symbols. From AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph:

LONDON - A British schoolgirl has been barred from wearing a crucifix necklace in class, the Daily Mail reported Saturday.

Samantha Devine, a 13-year-old Roman Catholic, was told by teachers in Gillingham, south-east England, that it breached health and safety rules, the paper added.

Her family reportedly says it will fight the decision and has accused

Source: Dhimmi Watch

Where is the fairness?  Has Britons become dhimmi?  Is Sharia law now prevailing in Britain?  The above story is evidence to the affirmative.  Is it no wonder that the ACLU with its anti-Christian record and CAIR are working arm in arm here in America? 

Do you remember an airline stewardess who was told not to wear her crucifix or leave?  She contested the decision to terminate her employment and she lost with the help of the ACLU.

ACLU and CAIR  are such a pair.  Unopposed they will hasten the day when Sharia law prevails, not only in Eurabia but also in Amerabia.  And when that happens.... 

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'The Truth About Mohammad' by Robert Spencer

 

I am reading 'The Truth about Mohammad' as well as listening to 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and The Crucades'. 

When the Islamic jihad terrorists flew planes into the WTC and the Pentagon killing indiscriminately more than 2500 I was concerned about backlash against good moderate Muslims. 

Now I am seeing Islam in a new light.  There are a lot of shadows.  The Peace of Islam apples only to those brothers and sisters who believe in Allah, His Prophet and the Koran.  If you are a non-believer then conversion or subjugation into Dhimmi status and the jazeerah (poll tax) or Death is your option.  If you are not Muslim or Dhimmi then you are not spared from violent jihad.  Dhimmi people have always declined, the past 14 centuries show this clearly.  Soon you will be able to observe this 1st-hand as France continues its slide into Dhimmitude.

Do your own research.  Don't just take my word, look at the results of 14 centuries of Islam.  Study the life of Mohammad and you will understand our present situation for waging peace.

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2008 Presidential Voting Guide (Google)

The Republican Contenders

The 2008 presidential election is less than two years away, and Republicans are already jockeying for position as the wide-open field looks for a winning message that appeals to conservative voters.

Potential candidates have been making noise about '08 ever since President Bush stood triumphantly on the stage at the Ronald Reagan Building the day after he won re-election in 2004. But what makes 2008 so different from the '04 race—and every race since 1928—is that no one is running for re-election and no sitting Vice President is seeking the nomination.

That means Republicans have no clear-cut frontrunner. It also means that GOP primaries in the spring of 2008 will likely be a hard-fought and grueling battle that will pit moderates vs. conservatives for control of the party.

This 27-page guide, which we're calling the Gizz-Guide—named after veteran Political Editor John Gizzi—will provide you with the information you need to know about the 9 candidates most likely to run for the Republican nomination. After months of research, John Gizzi wrote a profile for each candidate. Alongside each profile, you'll find a biography (with lifetime American Conservative Union rating, if applicable) and the candidate's stance on the most important issues for conservatives: taxes, spending, defense, intelligence, abortion, marriage, environment, guns, judges and immigration.

My 2 cents worth:  Get connected.  Let some honest research help you make a good decision in the upcoming presidential election.  For Republicans I would say this is a must.  Grab a good cup

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