Middle East studies in the News

D.C. Watson: Is the "Religion of Peace" Being Defamed? [incl. Islamic Saudi Academy]

by Robert Spencer
Jihad Watch
March 3, 2009

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025077.php

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/6992

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Islamic schools (Madrassas) in the United States, ones like the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, Virginia and others, are taught that "the Day of Judgment can't come until Jesus Christ returns to Earth, breaks the cross and converts everyone to Islam, and until Muslims start attacking Jews." And that "all religions, other than Islam, are false, including that of the Jews and Christians." They are taught that Osama bin Laden "may be not a villain but a victim of Americans' biased views toward great Islamic leaders," and that it is "better to shun and even to dislike Christians, Jews and Shiite Muslims." They're taught that it is "okay to steal from or hurt whoever is non-Muslim (kuffar)."

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