We recall that during the Danish Cartoon Affair that almost no major
American newspaper reprinted the cartoons in fear of Islamic
retribution (4).

How soon we forget: textbooks used in our schools now blame no one
in particular for the attack, just some nebulous assortment of
terrorists (5).
Prentice Hall's textbook on world history informs young readers that
"teams of terrorists hijacked four airplanes on the East Coast." Were
they Muslim extremists? They don't say. Were they Jihadists? Don't know.

And so young minds must wonder what a world we live in when such random events can occur without context or reason.

At Education World
they...

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We recall that during the Danish Cartoon Affair that almost no major
American newspaper reprinted the cartoons in fear of Islamic
retribution (4).

How soon we forget: textbooks used in our schools now blame no one
in particular for the attack, just some nebulous assortment of
terrorists (5).
Prentice Hall's textbook on world history informs young readers that
"teams of terrorists hijacked four airplanes on the East Coast." Were
they Muslim extremists? They don't say. Were they Jihadists? Don't know.

And so young minds must wonder what a world we live in when such random events can occur without context or reason.

At Education World
they do not have the testicles to blame Muslim extremists as well, but
do mention that one should not feel negatively toward Arabs without
directly stating that it was Muslim Arabs that attacked us. They ask,
"How can teachers help students put the events of September 11 into a
meaningful context? What can teachers do to help their students deal --
and heal?"

What? How can one put anything in context without context? And
what's to heal? Must our children forgive and forget without even
knowing who to forgive and forget? Must everyone forget that jihadists
were merely fulfilling the commandments of Islam's war manual: the
Quran?

What's the danger in telling the truth? We all know that it was the
Japanese that bombed Pearl Harbor yet the sushi bars in this country
have no problem being patronized. No one, even on the anniversary date
of that attack, goes around hitting Japanese on the head. We have
learned to live and let live because we were honest with our children.

Hiding the true facts only gives the conspiracy theorists more wood
for their fire. "See, even text books don't believe it was Muslims!"
Soon I suppose we will be sued by the families of the 19 Muslims for
having the WTC in their way, they were only practicing how to fly, a