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Monday, 22 November 2010

The one hundred and seventh weekly "No shit, Sherlock" award

This week's award goes to Harry's Place for the headline 'Panorama: Saudi Backed Schools Teach Extremism, Antisemitism'

Apparentlythe BBC's Panorama programme were shocked to discover that:
'more than 40 Saudi Students' Schools and Clubs are teaching the official Saudi national curriculum to about 5,000 pupils.

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One of the text books asks children to list the "reprehensible" qualities of Jewish people. A text for younger children asks what happens to someone who dies who is not a believer in Islam - the answer given in the text book is "hellfire".

Another text describes the punishment for gay sex as death and states a difference of opinion about whether it should be carried out by stoning, burning with fire or throwing the person over a cliff.
 In a book for 14-year-olds, Sharia law and its punishment for theft are explained, including detailed diagrams about how hands and feet of thieves are amputated.'

At least some Saudi Arabian schools in the UK teach  extremism and anti-Semitism - "No shit, Sherlock"

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