 Interior Minister Prince Naif said the syllabuses of the KingdomÂ’s schools and colleges are progressive and free from any sort of extremist and terrorist ideology.
| "Yeah, sure. Just ducky. No xenophobia here." |
Prince Naif refuted reports published by the right-wing US think-tank, Freedom House, that allege Saudi textbooks are filled with extremism, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
Addressing a press conference after a graduation ceremony at the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences in Riyadh on Wednesday night,
| The very concept makes my mind boggle. But lately I'm becoming overboggled... |
Prince Naif said that the Saudi syllabuses were based on Islamic education. He also said, “If there are some people with deviant views and ideas, then we should not hold the syllabus responsible for their deviation.”
| Why not? If the syllabi point them in that direction, then they're a contributing factor. Of course, I also hold the princes responsible, though not quite as much as the holy men... |
Prince Naif added, “We oppose those who associate backwardness with Islam and think that Islam is against progress.”
| Kind of hard to disassociate "innovation" from "progress," isn't it? And innovation's haram... |
Prince Naif spoke about a host of issues including attempts to classify Saudi society into liberals, secularists and Islamists. “Saudis oppose such classifications. We are Muslims adhering to the teachings of Islam, the Holy Quran and the Sunnah (the Prophet’s teachings),” said Prince Naif.
| "There ain't but the one opinion allowed, so everybody has it. So just shuddup..." |
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