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Texas Board approves controversial Islam curriculum
Summary by The Houston Editorial Desk Gregory Stevenson , as published by Defender Network
· September 9, 2026
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Texas’ 15-member State Board of Education has approved a controversial overhaul of the state’s high school social studies curriculum that Muslim Texans and civil liberties advocates say presents Islam in a discriminatory and historically distorted way. The new standards require students to learn...
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What is this story about? Texas’ 15-member State Board of Education has approved a controversial overhaul of the state’s high school social studies curriculum that Muslim Texans and civil liberties advocates say presents Islam in a discriminatory and historically distorted way. The new standards require students to learn...
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