by Soeren Kern
• April 2, 2016 at 5:00 am
- The guidelines for
teaching Islam in public schools — drafted by the Islamic Commission of
Spain and approved by the Ministry of Education — are aimed at stirring
religious fervor and promoting Islamic identity among young Muslims in
Spain.
- The guidelines,
which envision the teaching of every aspect of Islamic doctrine, culture
and history, are interspersed with "politically correct"
terminology... but the overall objective is clear: to inculcate young
people with an Islamic worldview.
- According to the
guidelines, preschoolers (ages 3- 6) are to learn the Islamic profession
of faith, the Shahada, which asserts that "there is no God but
Allah and Mohammed is his messenger." The Shahada is the
gateway into Islam: one becomes a Muslim by repeating the Shahada
three times in front of a witness. They are also encouraged to
"emulate, through different forms of expression, the values observed
by Mohammed."
- In primary school
(ages 6-12), the guidelines call for children to "recognize
Mohammed as the final prophet sent by Allah and accept him as the most
important."
The Spanish government's curriculum guidelines for public
school Islamic studies were drafted by Riaÿ Tatary, imam of the Abu-Bakr
Mosque. Spanish counterterrorism analysts have long suspected that Tatary is
closely linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Spanish government has published new guidelines for teaching Islam
in public preschools and primary and secondary schools.
The guidelines are being touted as a way to prevent Muslim children and
young people from being drawn into terrorism by exposing them to a
"moderate" interpretation of Islam.
On closer inspection, however, the guidelines — drafted by the Islamic
Commission of Spain and approved by the Ministry of Education — are aimed at
stirring religious fervor and promoting Islamic identity among young Muslims
in Spain.
The new plan, which is the most ambitious in all of Europe, amounts to a
government-approved program to establish a full-fledged Islamic studies
curriculum at public schools nationwide, at a time when Christian religious
symbols are being systematically removed from Spanish public schools by
official enforcers of secularism.
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