political : A POSSIBLE REASON WHY ISLAM PRODUCES SO MANY TERRORISTS . . . [+] serious ballot by herzog created Wed Aug 16, 06 The carpeted room is full of children in skullcaps crouched on prayer mats, reciting verses from a holy text. Some mumble the words under their breath; others sing them out. They rock back and forth as they chant, their disparate voices blending into an ethereal melody.The children, ages 7 to 14, are full-time students, in class 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, even in the summer. But they are not studying math, science or English. Instead, they are memorizing all 6,200 verses in the Koran, a task that usually takes two to three years. It would hardly be an unusual scene in Pakistan, Afghanistan or elsewhere in the Muslim world, where religious schools devoted to memorization of the Koran and Islamic studies are common. But this class meets in the prayer room of a small mosque in Flushing, Queens, that caters mostly to South Asian immigrants and their children. Schools like this one at the Muslim Center of New York are rare in the United States, but are emerging, especially among South Asians, as the Muslim American population becomes more established. . . . . .Because the task is so difficult, most of the children at the Muslim Center study only the Koran while they are enrolled in the class. Some parents try to tutor their children in other subjects on the side. But for the most part, it is after the children finish that they work to catch up in other subjects in preparation for going back to regular school. By not offering instruction in other subjects, the school may be inadvertently running afoul of state law, according to city and state education officials. Private religious schools like the Muslim Center’s program are required to provide “substantially equivalent” instruction to that offered in public schools, they said. But tracking every school-age child who leaves the public school system can be difficult. nytimes - - - - - - - - - - - This is a common theme in the arab world and it seems they've brought it with them. They don't really seem to value an education, not a real education anyway. Children are forcefed the koran all day and never learn any useful subjects. So, when they fail later in life, having been deprived of a worthwhile education, all they have to fall back on is their religion, and we all know how that ends up. Do you think that muslims would solve many of their problems if they'd work to de-emphasize religious indoctrination and instead place more of an emphasis on the basics such as math, science, reading/writing, etc? Yes, they should redirect their priorities and yes this is causing them problems No this isn't causing them problems and they should stay the course They dedicate enough time to worldly learning, religion is more important They should embrace the peaceful doctrines of Islam, and ignore the violent doctrines of Islam. Ballot #100626 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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