Arabic Numerals in American schools?

[Crepitus]

That is what my MAGA neighbor just spent 20 minutes bending my ear about. Apparently it's the beginning of creeping Sharia law in our society, a deliberate corrupting of our children into islamic terrorists.

The claim is that Mamdami, the new mayor of New York, is mandating that all students must learn Arabic numeral in school.

The issue here is that all of us already know them. Arabic numeral are simply the digits 0-9.

Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?

Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in every classroom in the United States.

www.newsweek.com

This isn't "creeping Sharia", it's rampant stupidity.

 

[pknopp]

To note, Derrick Evans is not a member of the WV House of Delegates.

 

[Crepitus]

To note, Derrick Evans is not a member of the WV House of Delegates.

I do confess I didn't know he was ever really a delegate, I figured the person was a fake as the claim.

Polymarket has also posted it, BTW. 14 million views for this stupidity.

 

[pknopp]

I do confess I didn't know he was ever really a delegate, I figured the person was a fake as the claim.

Polymarket has also posted it, BTW. 14 million views for this stupidity.

It's stupid for sure. Just noting an error in the article.

 

[rightwinger]

We don’t need no Muslim numerical system

Christian Roman Numerals are superior

 

[Crepitus]

We don’t need no Muslim numerical system

Christian Roman Numerals are superior

I agree CI%

 

[ReinyDays]

Oh no ... Muslims discovered the number zero ... and gave us ******* algebra ... pure Satan ... scientific method is Islamic as well ... the West is screwed ...

If you look at some Renaissance paintings, you'll notice the Islamic call to prayer embroidered into the hems ... all the best clothe came from the Middle East or further east ... the West has always been screwed ...

 

[braalian]

 

[Meathead]

That is what my MAGA neighbor just spent 20 minutes bending my ear about. Apparently it's the beginning of creeping Sharia law in our society, a deliberate corrupting of our children into islamic terrorists.

The claim is that Mamdami, the new mayor of New York, is mandating that all students must learn Arabic numeral in school.

The issue here is that all of us already know them. Arabic numeral are simply the digits 0-9.

Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?

Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in every classroom in the United States.

www.newsweek.com

This isn't "creeping Sharia", it's rampant stupidity.

If they're teaching the numerals like this, who knows:

 

[Meathead]

We don’t need no Muslim numerical system

Christian Roman Numerals are superior

We learned a lot from the Arabs in medieval times. We've moved on but they're pretty much still there.

 

[Synthaholic]

 

[yidnar]

Oh no ... Muslims discovered the number zero ... and gave us ******* algebra ... pure Satan ... scientific method is Islamic as well ... the West is screwed ...

If you look at some Renaissance paintings, you'll notice the Islamic call to prayer embroidered into the hems ... all the best clothe came from the Middle East or further east ... the West has always been screwed ...

ummm .. those things were discovered long before Islam existed ..

 

[ReinyDays]

ummm .. those things were discovered long before Islam existed ..

Another ill-informed Republican ...

"The word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic word الجبر al-jabr, and this comes from the treatise written in the year 830 by the medieval Persian mathematician, Al-Khwārizmī, whose Arabic title, Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala, can be translated as The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing."

History of algebra - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anything to advance your hate ...

 

[hadit]

That is what my MAGA neighbor just spent 20 minutes bending my ear about. Apparently it's the beginning of creeping Sharia law in our society, a deliberate corrupting of our children into islamic terrorists.

The claim is that Mamdami, the new mayor of New York, is mandating that all students must learn Arabic numeral in school.

The issue here is that all of us already know them. Arabic numeral are simply the digits 0-9.

Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?

Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in every classroom in the United States.

www.newsweek.com

This isn't "creeping Sharia", it's rampant stupidity.

That is on par with getting women to sign up to stop women's suffrage.

 

[Unkotare]

 

[PeterPilot]

That is what my MAGA neighbor just spent 20 minutes bending my ear about. Apparently it's the beginning of creeping Sharia law in our society, a deliberate corrupting of our children into islamic terrorists.

The claim is that Mamdami, the new mayor of New York, is mandating that all students must learn Arabic numeral in school.

The issue here is that all of us already know them. Arabic numeral are simply the digits 0-9.

Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools?

Arabic numerals are simply the digits 0 through 9—the standard number symbols used in every classroom in the United States.

www.newsweek.com

This isn't "creeping Sharia", it's rampant stupidity.

Donald is a demagog. He tells gullible and hopeful people what they want to hear. He is not known for his intellectual prowess, and never has been. Neither is he known for his honesty or loyalty to country.

 

[JLW]

Well, Mamdami better not reveal that "alcohol" is an Arabic word or we are all in trouble.

 

[Unkotare]

Well, Mamdami better not reveal that "alcohol" is an Arabic word or we are all in trouble.

I've had beers with plenty of Muslim people.

 

[Zebra]

Well, Mamdami better not reveal that "alcohol" is an Arabic word or we are all in trouble.

or demands that we must write al Qohol

 

[yidnar]

Another ill-informed Republican ...

"The word "algebra" is derived from the Arabic word الجبر al-jabr, and this comes from the treatise written in the year 830 by the medieval Persian mathematician, Al-Khwārizmī, whose Arabic title, Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala, can be translated as The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing."

History of algebra - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Anything to advance your hate ...

it was given its name in the yr 830 .. but the Greeks and Arabs were using algebra long before Muslims existed ..