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Coming to grips with the truth about Qatar (JNS)
The emirate of Qatar on the coastline of the Persian Gulf has benefited greatly from the limited attention span of Americans, who think that the only threats in that region emanate from Iran, ISIS terrorists or Saudi Arabia. But given Qatar’s determination to spend a lot of its oil wealth on spreading Islamism and funding terror, even while this Gulf state enjoys the status of U.S. ally, it’s high time that the West started paying more attention to the insidious nature of its activities.


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Review Of Qatari Islamic Education School Textbooks – Part I: Encouraging Jihad And Martyrdom

Introduction

The website of the Qatari Education Ministry has posted the Islamic Education textbooks for grades 1-12 in Qatari state schools, for the first half of the 2018/2019 school year. The Islamic Education textbooks for grade 6, 8, 9 and 12 deal extensively with the Islamic ethos of jihad,  self-sacrifice and martyrdom. The books present jihad as the factor that led to the victories of Islam during its early history, as proof of true piety on the part of the Muslim, and as an honorable act that the Prophet's Companions aspired to with all their hearts – so much so that they were devastated if prevented from engaging in it.  Moreover, jihad and self-sacrifice are presented as noble acts of sacrifice decreed by Allah, which entitle the believer to special rewards and a place in the highest level of Paradise.

The material is accompanied by questions and exercises in which the students are required to elaborate on the importance of jihad for the individual and society and memorize Quranic verses encouraging jihad and self-sacrifice.

This report reviews the indoctrination of these values in the Qatari Islamic Education textbooks for the aforementioned grades. 

Review Of Qatari Islamic Education School Textbooks – Part II: Secularism Presented As A Heretical Western Invention Injected Into The Islamic World To Distance Muslims From Their Faith

Introduction

The website of the Qatari Education Ministry has posted the Islamic Education textbooks for grades 1-12 in Qatari state schools, for the first half of the 2018/2019 school year. The Islamic Education textbook for grade 11 devotes an entire chapter to the topic of secularism and the dangers it represents. The book describes secularism as a negative phenomenon that originated in the West and was injected into the Islamic world by the colonialist powers in a bid to distance the Muslims from their religion and raise generations disconnected from Islam. The chapter lists the negative characteristics of secularism and its detrimental effects, and stresses that Islam views it as heresy. Presenting examples of secularization from history, the textbook claims that Britain spread secularism in Turkey by establishing cells of collaborators headed by Ataturk, and that the Arab Spring revolution in Tunisia put an end to the dictatorial anti-Islamic regime of Habib Bourguiba. The chapter concludes by stating that, in order to deal with the "destructive ideas" of secularism and confront "the ongoing attacks against Islam," Muslims must revive their Islamic identity and closely study the Quran and the Sunna.

This report reviews the chapter on secularism in the Qatari Islamic Education textbook for grade 11.

Review Of Qatari Islamic Education School Textbooks – Part III: Attitudes Towards Non-Muslims

Introduction

The website of the Qatari Education Ministry has posted the Islamic Education textbooks for grades 1-12 in Qatari state schools, for the first half of the 2018/2019 school year. One of the subjects addressed in the books is the meaning of the terms "polytheism" and "unbelief," as well as the attitude towards unbelievers, including Jews and Christians, among others. The study of these terms is aimed at instilling in the students a sense of their Muslim identity and reinforcing loyalty to their coreligionists and to prevent them from following the culture of anyone defined as an unbeliever.

The school textbooks stress the principle of "loyalty and disavowal" (al-wala wal-bara), that is, loyalty to fellow Muslims and renunciation of non-Muslims. They link the study material to the students' daily lives by asking about how they implement this principle in their relationships with non-Muslims in Qatar and abroad.

This part of the series will review attitudes towards non-Muslims in the school textbooks used in Qatar's state schools to teach Islamic Education for Grades 9 through 11: