The school was teaching “communal content” and “no secular content,” i.e., its curriculum was entirely Islamic, and contained material exalting the Muslim community over the Hindu, which is entirely to be expected given the Qur’an’s teachings that the Muslims are the “best of people” (3:110) and the polytheists are “unclean” (9:28). There are no doubt […]
India: Muslim school investigated for “lessons on jihad”
Each time an Islamic school anywhere is found to be teaching jihad, authorities act as if it is a singular and unprecedented event. In reality, however, jihad — as warfare against and subjugation of unbelievers — is taught in the Qur’an (9:29). Thus no one should be surprised in the least when discoveries of this […]