It has been widely noted that jihadist principles are taught in textbooks all over the Muslim world. From MEMRI: “In interviews with the London Arabic-language daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat and the Egyptian government daily Al-Ahram, Egyptian Education Minister Dr. Hussein Kamel Bahaa Al-Din discussed reform in the Egyptian curricula.”
Watch him dance when asked whether jihadist material has been removed from the books:
Question: “Was there really an examination of the religious study material that ultimately caused the removal of [some] Qur’an verses and stories about Jihad against the Jews and Israel?”
Bahaa Al-Din: “In the early 1990s, I was surprised [to hear about] nine books published by [some] groups of extremists who accused us of blurring religious identity and removing Qur’an verses and Hadiths of the Prophet [from the religious curricula]. When this came to my attention, in 1994, I phoned the late Sheikh Muhammad Al-Ghazali, Dr. Sayyed Tantawi, Dr. Omar Hashem, and Dr. Abd Al-Sabour Marzouq and asked them to come to the [Education] Ministry”¦ In a letter, I told them: ‘It is not I who compiles these curricula and not I who must defend a mistake. If there is a mistake, I deserve thanks for correcting it.’ Four hours later, Sheikh Al-Ghazali told me, ‘I am sure that what is taught is the correct religion and that the statements that were circulated were absolute falsehood.’ This matter was published in the media at the time.”