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Saudi schoolbooks: What does it take to recontextualize Islam?

Saudi schoolbooks: What does it take to recontextualize Islam?

Saudi schoolbooks: What does it take to recontextualize Islam?

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James M. Dorsey
Feb 18, 2021
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Saudi schoolbooks: What does it take to recontextualize Islam?
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Two decades of snail pace revisions of Saudi schoolbooks aimed at removing supremacist references to Jews, Christians, and Shiites suggest a willingness to delete offensive language while keeping in place fundamental concepts of an ultra-conservative, anti-pluralistic, and intolerant interpretation of Islam.

In a break with the past, Human Rights Watch …

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