LAKERIDGE-OCCOQUAN PATCH
Nathan Curby | July 14, 2011

The Prince William County Tea Party Patriots sent out a recent email claiming bias toward Islam in Virginia school textbooks.

Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles about the Prince William County Tea Party’s concern about the accuracy and fairness of Virginia school textbooks. The second article will run Friday.

While the Prince William County Tea Party raises concerns about a school textbook it says has a “Pro-Islamic bias,” a local Muslim leader says criticism of Islam comes mostly from people who don’t know enough about it.

The Tea Party’s accusations were included in an email sent to a distribution list on July 7 to promote a forum for female candidates for elected positions who line up with the Tea Party values. The email claims that a Virginia school textbook “favor(s) Islam in secular schools, revises history and obscures Sharia law including the treatment of non-muslims.”

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Tags: Religion, School curriculums, Virginia

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