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Textbooks May Be Pro-Islam, Anti-Christian, Texas State Education Board Says - ABC News

Textbooks May Be Pro-Islam, Anti-Christian, Texas State Education Board Says - ABC News

Textbooks May Be Too Pro-Islam, Anti-Christian, Texas State Education Board Says

Board to Vote on Whether Books Glorify Islam While Teaching Bias Against Christians

Students in Texas may be getting a glorified view of Islam, according to some state education leaders who are pushing for a resolution that would denounce social studies textbooks as biased against Christianity.

Though the president of conservative-leaning Texas State Board of Educationsupports the measure as promotingreligious equality in schools, faith leaders and activists have condemned the