January 24, 2013 - 6:33 am
Our local library here in Lower Macungie Township (Pa.) is among the many nationwide that will get 25 books about Islam thanks to an $800 million grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
And not a moment too soon. Without the government-approved books on Islam, Macungie might remain woefully bereft of crucial cultural knowledge, like hundreds of other clodhopper communities across this provincial land.
The grant appears to be funded mainly by the Carnegie Foundation, rather than taxpayer dollars, but why didn’t N.E.H. just fund it and let the libraries choose which books? Are the D.C. bureaucrats concerned that culturally-inept local librarians wouldn’t know how to pick the right books?
To all of your leftie out there, please explain to me how this is not a unconstitutional endorsement of Islam?
Additionally, please explain how this is not an unconstitutional government entanglement with Islam?
And not a single book by Bernard Lewis, the greatest living scholar and historian of Islam.
muslims should never have been allowed into the country to spread hate among minorities.
Hate is not a true religion. Intent to kill is not a religion.
It is difficult to keep Muslims out of a country after you elect one to be president.
It is difficult to keep Muslims out of a country after you elect one to be president.
Excuse me:
$800 MILLION? Sorry, I don’t think that even Carnegie would cough up that much for this. Did you mean $800 THOUSAND?
The NEH budget is less than $150 million — that’s why they wouldn’t fund the distribution. Understand the concern, etc., but could you please skip the hyperbole and do better editing?
Thanks.