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Did Faulty History Textbook Create An American Taliban?(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
Byline: BRIAN MITCHELL
Malcolm X took the rap for setting John Walker Lindh, the American Taliban, on the road to Islam. Whom was Walker reading before he found Malcolm X's autobio?
He was reading Gary Nash.
Nash is professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He's responsible for the seventh-grade social-studies textbook used by the Fairfax, Calif., middle school Walker attended.
That book, "Across the Centuries," was the only text approved by California for seventh-grade social studies between 1991 and 1999. It's now used at schools nationwide.
It's also the subject of formal complaints from parents who say it's pro-Muslim and anti-Christian.
"Islam definitely gets the heavy backing through this textbook," said Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, which is representing outraged parents.
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