The World's Worst Textbooks

[Modbert]

The World's Worst Textbooks | Foreign Policy

IRAN

Lesson plan: Religious warfare, gender roles

Subject matter: Iranian leaders may have embraced new media to share political messages with the world, but at home, indoctrination still starts in print. According to one study, Iranian textbooks teach seventh graders that "every Muslim youth must strike fear in the hearts of the enemies of God and their people through combat-readiness and skillful target shooting." Iranian males are obliged by law to perform 18 months of military service at age 19. The Islamic Republic, a 2008 Freedom House study reports, encourages students to embrace Islamic supremacy and an unequal political system in which "some individuals are born first-class citizens, due to their identity, gender, and way of thinking." Women, for example, are portrayed as "second class citizens," depicted mainly in family situations and at home.

Primary source: "Defensive jihad is incumbent upon every one, the young and the old, men and women, everyone, absolutely everyone, must take part in this sacred battle, fight to the best of his or her abilities or assist our fighters." -- from a seventh grade Islamic culture and religious studies textbook

And four others that are a interesting look at what just others around the world are learning. Though the U.S does make a appearance on the list.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Clearly this is a mistake... Islam is a religion of peace and love. Now, about that nice land down in Florida I have for sale.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

All of my public school US history books belong in the category as well