Textbooks abet religious bigotry.
Lahore -- A report prepared by Islamabad's "Sustainable Development Policy Institute Sustainable Development Policy Institute is an economic and sustainable development think tank based in Islamabad, Pakistan. External links
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SDPI Soundings Derived Product Imagery ) warns that school programs and textbooks must be reformed, if religious prejudice is to be overcome. A similar report by Father Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie
adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots
1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty.
2. Excellent. Mendes of the Human Development Centre in Islamabad agrees. Both reports reveal that textbooks promote the idea that non-Muslims can be neither Pakistani nor even good human beings (Zenit, Dec. 1, 2004
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