[lbo-talk] Countering the Politics of Fear (was Tariq Ali at UCLA today)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 10/28/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 28, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > Is there really an actual program in Iran to get rid of liberal
> > teachers?  A new academic year clocked in Iran, without any Cultural
> > Revolution.
>
> <http://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=7601>
>
> 27 October, 2006
> IRAN
>
> Islamization of Iranian schools grows
> Teachers, curricula and text books are subject to Muslim principles.
> Political activities at universities are strictly controlled.

This is the only article in the English-speaking media that is saying
what it is saying, so I'll wait and see if details get confirmed by
others, but speaking on the general matter of Islamization of
education, that's really not new.  To see what's new, you have to know
how things have been.  Take a look at Golnar Mehran, "Gender and
Education in Iran,"
<http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/file_download.php/3c96da9248c011427025f2dda6ce403aGender+and+education+in+Iran..doc>.
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Yoshie
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