Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Teaching ABCs and Jihad

I came across an article last year titled "Teaching ABCs and Jihad" while researching for another assignment I had. It was an article about the United States "indirectly" contributing money to the University of Nebraska-Omaha in which this money was used to fund textbooks that were given to children that were filled with "violent images and militant Islamic teachings." The ways in which these textbooks promoted violence are exemplified by the pictures of tanks, missiles, and land mines that were used as counting objects to teach the children. It is clear that things of this sort are meant to spur young generations to become fanatically involved in such events as those that are being carried out by religious extremists today.

This subject matter is widely unknown because the media failed to take full coverage on it in hopes of concealing the United States' involvement with it. This event is hugely disastrous and leaves one wondering what else is going on in the world that is being covered up by the media in order to save those responsible, whether directly involved or not. One could say that the United States didn't know that their contribution would lead to these forthcomings, but if they are the so-called "superpower" of the world then they should at least keep tabs on where their money is going.

1 comment:

thiele said...

do you have a link to the Washington Post article that carried it with the image?