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Islamic Textbook Teaches It’s OK to Kill



CBNNews.com - A federal investigation released Wednesday reveals that some Islamic textbooks are teaching kids it's okay to kill adulterers and converts from Islam.

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The books have been used by the Islamic Saudi Academy, which teaches 900 students in grades K-12 at two campuses in Alexandria and Fairfax. The school receives much of its funding from the Saudi government. Click play to watch CBN News' Terror Analyst Erick Stakelbeck for more on the Saudi Academy textbook report. Passages in their textbooks state that "the Jews conspired against Islam and its people" and that Muslims are permitted to take the lives and property of those deemed "polytheists." The academy has come under scrutiny from critics who allege that it is teaching an intolerant brand of Islam. Last year, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a panel formed by Congress, recommended the school be shut down out of concern it promoted violence. "We feel more confident that the potential problems we flagged before really are there," said the commission's spokeswoman, Judith Ingram, after the content of textbooks were reviewed In the review, the panel recommended that the school make all of its textbooks available to the State Department so changes can be made before the next school year. More...

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