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The Council on Islamic Education is a research institute and resource organization in Fountain Valley California. The "Muslim academic scholars of religion, history, political science" at the Council seek to "support and strengthen American public education" by drawing upon "civic, ethical, and educational principles in Islam." 〔 〕 ==Criticism== According to Diane Ravitch, major textbook publishers allow the Council to review material before publication, a practice which "may account for... their omission of anything that would enable students to understand conflicts between Islamic fundamentalism and Wester liberalism" 〔Ravitch, Diane, How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (2003), New York, p. 147〕 Gilbert Sewall, former education editor of Newsweek and author of “Islam and the Textbooks” has criticized textbook publishers because they have “allowed Islamic organizations — notably the Council on Islamic Education — to strong-arm them and in effect act as censors.”〔(The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California )〕 The Council has been accused of "pressuring American textbook publishers to revise their respective curricula to promote an extremist and revisionist view of Islam." 〔(FrontPage Magazine )〕 Critics have called the Council "a content gatekeeper with virtually unchecked power over publishers" and allege that "as a result, history textbooks accommodate Islam on terms that Islamists demand." 〔Islam and the Textbooks, by Gilbert T. Sewall, Family Security Matters, October 23, 2007 ()〕 A report of the American Textbook Council〔()〕 calls the Council "an agent of contemporary censorship," and accuses it of being "in fact a political advocacy organization" that seeks to present an "Islamist" version of history.〔Islam and the Textbooks; A Report of the American Textbook Council,Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2003 ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Council on Islamic Education」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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