(Allen American) Allen ISD is in the process of addressing and “looking for potential resolutions” to allegations that the district’s curriculum included anti-Palestinian assignment questions, the district confirmed Monday.
These allegations were first made in a Feb. 23 blog post by the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights advocacy group. The post alleged that one quiz consisted of the question, “Which is an important cause of terrorism in the Middle East,” with the correct answer being, “Many Palestinians believe terrorism is justified against Israeli occupation.”
The blog post also cited a curriculum section titled “The Palestinian Viewpoint,” which allegedly featured a picture of a Hamas member holding an assault weapon while wearing a black mask with Arabic characters. Allegedly juxtaposed to this section was a section titled “The Israeli Viewpoint,” which CAIR said displayed “casual soldiers standing outside.”
