| FrontPageMag.com | By Robert Spencer | By Hugh Fitzgerald | Books | Jihad Watch | Islam 101 | Qur'an Blog | Raymond Ibrahim | Robert Spencer |  |
|
|
|||||||||||
|
|
Another for our ever-expanding Taqqiya Department from IslamOnline, with thanks to Ali Dashti and RB:
ILOILO CITY, Philippines, As part of Muslims' unrelenting efforts to wash away misconceptions about their religion, a Filipino Muslim lawmaker has recently tabled a bill on the inclusion of the basic teaching of Islam in the college curriculum."I believe that requiring all colleges and universities to integrate in their curriculum a subject on Islam and the Muslim is a feasible and credible answer," Representative Faysah Dumarpa told IslamOnline.net.
She said the course would include a brief study on the basic teachings of Islam and the history of the Filipino Muslims and may be taken as an elective subject.
This "will enlighten and broaden the majority of Filipinos on the subject" and help foster "cultural sensitivity awareness", maintained the lawmaker.
Dumarpa hopes the measure would be supported by her colleagues - both
Muslims and Christians....Dumarpa recognized that the proposal, at first glance, might seem favorable to the religion of Islam and may constitute a violation of the constitution, which provides for a separation of religion and state.
But, she maintained, awareness and cultural sensitivity are also very important, as these are powerful tools for the achievement of peace and development....
I'm all for such a course -- if it tells the truth.
Posted by Robert at March 15, 2005 8:27 AM
Print this entry
| Email this entry
| Digg this
| del.icio.us
I'm all for such a course -- if it tells the truth.
ROFLMAO... that's hilarious, Mr. Spencer.
BTW, I don't expect the truth from ANY religion by its devotees. But for Islam it is especially imoportant to hear the unbiased truth.
Posted by: kj![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 15, 2005 9:48 AM
Why is it that it is always "the other" that has to study Islam, even in non-Islamic countries- and never the other way around? To me it seems quit a good idea if muslims developed some "awareness and cultural sensitivity" concerning the societies they live in, the more so if they live in a non-muslim country.
Posted by: Ernst at March 15, 2005 10:43 AM
I become nervous when requiring all students to study a religion is mandated in a public forum -- it smacks of totalitarianism.
Ernst has the correct idea -- Muslims that move into another area should develop an awareness and cultural sensitivity for the culture into which they move, not the other way around.
Posted by: epg at March 15, 2005 12:31 PM
'I become nervous when requiring all students to study a religion is mandated in a public forum -- it smacks of totalitarianism.' ~ epg
Correct, epg. Just look at the state of our colleges:
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/moonbatcentral/index.html
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/2236
http://www.blessedcause.org/Other%20News%20Sources/Public%20Schools%20embrace%20Islam.htm
The Clinton and Islam partnership:
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/shroder/040413
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25997
...and hundreds more just like these.
Posted by: Gary at March 15, 2005 12:57 PM
Why is it that it is always "the other" that has to study Islam, even in non-Islamic countries- and never the other way around? To me it seems quit a good idea if muslims developed some "awareness and cultural sensitivity" concerning the societies they live in, the more so if they live in a non-muslim country.
Posted by: Ernst at March 15, 2005 10:43 AM
That's because we're dhimmis and they're not.
What really should be required is for Muslims to receive a fact-based education on the history of Islam. They're the ones lacking in knowledge (vs blind faith).
Posted by: waterdragon52 at March 15, 2005 1:04 PM
I wonder if Christan representatives in Saudia Arabia,Syria,Pakistan, and Iran,have considered tabling a bill on the inclusion of the basic teachings of Christianity in their college curriculums?
Posted by: Mackie at March 15, 2005 1:28 PM
(Note: The Comments section is provided in the interests of free speech only. It is mostly unmoderated, but comments that are off-topic, offensive, slanderous, or otherwise annoying stand a chance of being deleted. The fact that any comment remains on the site IN NO WAY constitutes an endorsement by Jihad Watch or Dhimmi Watch, or by Robert Spencer or any other Jihad Watch or Dhimmi Watch writer, of any view expressed, fact alleged, or link provided in that comment.)