Texas ed board considers resolution limiting Islam
By April CastroAssociated Press Writer / September 24, 2010
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AUSTIN, Texas—Social conservatives are seeking to curtail references to Islam in Texas textbooks, warning of what they describe as a creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation's publishing industry.
The State Board of Education plans to vote Friday on a one-page resolution calling on textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books.
Critics say it's another example of the ideological board trying to politicize public education in the Lone Star State.
"It's just more of the same Islamaphobic, xenophobic attitude we've been seeing around the country," said Mustafaa Carroll, executive director of the Council of American Islamic Relations of Texas. "It's not like Muslims are not part of the
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