Why can't we learn the Good History of Islam instead of Bad History of Islam??
Why can't we learn the Good History of Islam instead of Bad History of Islam??
Robert Harris
Brody Richardson
Caleb Martinez
Donald Trump’s travel ban, recently upheld by the Supreme Court, is wreaking havoc on Muslim families, forcing some Americans to leave the United States for countries in the midst of devastating wars in order to reunite with loved ones. The resilience ― and, among some Americans, popularity ― of the travel ban is emblematic of how enshrined Islamophobia has become in American culture. Even our highest court of justice has endorsed a discriminatory law rooted in misconceptions about the instability, oppression and violence of the Middle East and Islamic faith.
While many people blame these persistent misconceptions on mass-media depictions of Arabs and Muslims, that’s not where they begin. We need to examine the pervasiveness of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim information in the American education system ― and, in particular, in textbooks.
Most Americans’ exposure to the Middle East and Islam starts with what they learn in high school history class. World history textbooks in the United States only allocate around 3 percent of space to discussions of these topics. And the story those textbooks tell in that limited space is a disturbing one. My research on world history textbooks used across the country finds that sections about Islam and the Middle East advance a “rise and fall” narrative. That story goes like this: In the medieval period, the Middle East was a flourishing and advanced civilization, but due to an inability to modernize, the region has subsequently declined into chaos, oppression and violence. This sensationalized version of history reduces the region to a bygone society and fails to account for the vibrant and dynamic contemporary reality of the Middle East.
Parker Bennett
Manly because the “golden age of Islam” is from the 8th to 14th while most American history books starts at th natives fucking around or the early colonies and your ucky to get to the Second World War before the end of the year.
Elijah Wilson
> (((levinson)))
everytime
Wyatt Williams
Have a tl dr?
Ayden Young
reality itself is islamophobic
Benjamin Baker
is 9/11 good or bad history?
Jeremiah Edwards
One superbly outweighs the other, sage
>fuck islam
Jack Roberts
>the Good History of Islam