Islamophobic content injected into California school books

A group of 15 top American Muslim organizations said that a California board, responsible for developing school textbooks, is injecting “Islamophobic content” in the new curriculum.

A group of 15 top American Muslim organizations said that a California board, responsible for developing school textbooks, is injecting “Islamophobic content” in the new curriculum.

“The injection of Islamophobic content into the teacher’s manuals would inflame how student discussions are framed.

Students, teachers, and communities all suffer when the content is rigged to cause disruption,” the top Muslim American group said in a letter to California State Board of Education which is in final stages of revising and updating the K-12 History-Social Science Framework for public schools.

In the letter, the organizations said that contrary to the treatment given to other religions, Islam has been introduced in the curriculum primarily under a narrative of war and conquest.