Textbook: Dating is For Animals
It’s no secret that in our community dating is an issue. We don’t speak about dating with our children, except perhaps to bash it. But […]
Islamic Children Textbooks
Accusing Fellow Muslims of Shirk for Visiting Shrines
Making a pilgrimage to the shrines of holy men (and women!) is something I, like many Muslims, enjoy. It’s something we remember from our childhoods […]
Saudi Textbooks Poison Kids, Delight Islamophobes
The new year holiday is finally giving me time to get up a few more posts on textbook materials shared by readers. Apologies to everyone […]
Another Bad Textbook: Weekend Learning Series
Abu Dhir has been writing about Yahyia Emerick and his publisher Noor Art. But I’ve been thinking more about the Weekend Learning textbooks, written by […]
Stray from Right Path & Be Destroyed: More Textbook Fear-mongering
“If we disobey Allah, and ignore his commands, we might enjoy life for a while just like the people of ‘Ad. However, in the end […]
Hellfire Trauma: Textbook Fear-mongering
“A lazy person who misses his or her prayers is like a rebel again Allah, and deserves to undergo the consequences of his or her […]
Who is Noor Art? Yahya Emerick’s Publisher
Given its endorsement of an Islamic State and its running down all kinds of fellow Muslims, why would anyone choose to publish Yahya Emerick’s “It’s […]
Textbooks: Who Is Yahya Emerick? Our Pat Robertson
“As I have seen Muslims marching in various social justice protests and joining with various political parties made up largely of liberals and leftists, I […]
Why I Am So Concerned about “It’s All About Islam” ?
My grandmother – I called her (تيتة) Teita – never finished elementary school. She grew up as the daughter of peasants in Egypt’s Delta. She […]