Jews, Christians, war and peace in Egyptian school textbooks
By: compiled, translated and edited by Arnon Groiss
Contributors: Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace; American Jewish Committee
Series: Report / Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace; Report (Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace)
Publisher: CMIP; AJC
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Education; Textbook bias; Propaganda in educational media; Education and state
Description: This report surveys 103 Egyptian textbooks for use in state schools and 16 textbooks for use in the religious Azharite school system; the majority of the books were published in 2002.
Notes: "March 2004"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-171).

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Table of contents: title: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: The Egyptian educational system; title: The general attitude to other religions and their followers; title: The Christian West; title: The Copts; title: The Jews; title: The Palestinian problem; title: Israel; title: Tolerance vs. extremism; title: The attitude to peace; title: The attitude to war; title: Jihad and martyrdom; title: Terror; title: Conclusion; title: List of sources.