Egypt removes much of the antisemitism in school textbooks. The Muslim Brotherhood is upset. ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Egypt removes much of the antisemitism in school textbooks. The Muslim Brotherhood is upset.

IMPACT-SE, the organization that compares textbooks of many nations against UNESCO standards. says that the 2023-4 Egyptian textbooks are markedly improved from previous years:

• Every year since 2018, Egypt has been implementing textbook reforms, showing a determination to reject violence, extremism, hate and intolerance, promote dialogue, recognize differences and encourage coexistence.

• Textbooks promote values of peace and tolerance, respecting the ‘Other’, sustainable development, and forging meaningful bonds (such as marriage) between Muslims and non-Muslims. The promotion of peace and tolerance is especially evident in a new subject introduced in 2021, entitled “Values and Respect for the Other.”

So for example, previous textbooks would have things like this multiple choice question:

Umar bin Al-Khattab refused to let the Jews live in Jerusalem because:
a- Of their betrayal and treachery.
b- They refused to enter Islam.
c- Of their military strength.
d- Of their love of money

That antisemitism is largely gone.

Which upsets the Freedom and Justice Party of Egypt, which is aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood.

In their website, they complain:

Since Sisi's coup against democracy and his seizure of power in Egypt, he has been working to undermine the education system, change curricula to obliterate the Islamic identity, and get closer to his Jewish friends, the latest of which was the appointment of a fake minister as Minister of Education.
The coup leader, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has always expressed his vision of the necessity of changing the religious discourse within the halls of Egyptian education. In February 2015, the Ministry of Education formed a committee to review the curricula, and deleted most of the texts related to “jihad,” the occupying state, and the Jews in religious, Arabic language, and history books.