Pakistan textbooks teaching Jew-hatred and other bigotry

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom just released a report on bias in Pakistani school textbooks, and as one might expect, there is plenty of antisemitism being taught in this populous state with nuclear weapons.

Examples:

BALUCHISTAN TEXTBOOKS: GRADE 5 – ISLAMIC STUDIES (1)
Chapter: Jesus (p.114–115)

1. “The Governor of Rome remained neutral as he knew the deceitfulness of Jews. He left the decision [of Jesus’ punishment] on religious scholars of Jews. Upon the decision of the Crucifixion of Jesus, the Jews became happy. They tortured Jesus badly. Jesus was surrounded by a crowd of Jewish enemies.”

BALUCHISTAN TEXTBOOKS: GRADE 7 – SOCIAL STUDIES (8)
Chapter: Muslim World and the Colonial System (p.23–30)

“Jews were few in number but the Englishmen treated them fairly. They promised to establish a Jewish state before they came into power [. . .] The Jews occupied a large area, this created restlessness in Arabs and several disputes surfaced, but the British kept supporting the Jews [. . .] Israel exterminated all the Muslims in the region and those who remained were exiled from their own country. Arab people stood against the Jews but the United States, United Kingdom and other western nations supported/helped the Jews at every step.”

Chapter: Muslim Freedom Movements (p. 38,44)
“Jews forced out thousands of Palestinians from their own country and they become homeless. Due to this threatening attitude from the Jews, 14 Arab state representatives gathered in Cairo.”

“In 1969, when Israel set fire to the Aqsa mosque, the act created distress in Muslim world.”

KPK TEXTBOOKS: GRADE 6 – URDU (1)
Chapter: Organization of Islamic Countries (p.76)

“In the last half of the twentieth century, the Muslim world was free from Western oppression, but the West continued its conspiracies to keep Muslims disempowered so that Muslims could never become a super power of the world again... In 1949, the Jews tried to set fire to the occupied Al-Aqsa mosque.”

SINDH TEXTBOOKS: GRADE 5 – URDU (1)
Chapter: True Stories (p.77–78)

“We are Jews and designated by our nation to reach the grave of your prophet and take out His Holy body. We were about to accomplish our goal when you arrested us. Upon listening to this, the King became furious and beheaded them with his sword.”

There is, of course, lots of anti-Christian and Hindu material in these textbooks as well.

(h/t Solomon2)

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