Saudi Textbooks Continue Reforms, Remove Antisemitic Content

Saudi Arabia Removes Virtually All Antisemitism From School Curricula, New Report Finds

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the 45th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Kuwait city, Kuwait, Dec. 1, …

Saudi textbooks continue reforms, remove antisemitic content

According to the findings, the remaining examples of antisemitic content identified in previous IMPACT-se reviews have now been completely removed from Saudi textbooks.

Saudi Arabia excises all antisemitism from textbooks

“The Saudi curriculum has never been more positive in its portrayal of religious minorities or more encouraging of peace and tolerance,” said IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff.

Saudi Arabia removes Hadiths against Jews, anti LGBTQ+ content from textbooks

Saudi Arabia has revised its national school textbooks, removing or moderating long-standing interpretations of hadith, Quranic verses and other passages that portrayed Jews and the LGBTQ+ community negatively. The changes also include revisions to maps in several textbooks, with the word “Palestine” removed from areas covering territory internationally recognized as part of Israel. The curriculum changes are part of broader administrative and e…

Saudi Arabia Removes Multiple Hadiths Against Jews From Textbooks

Saudi Arabia has removed several hadith references involving Jews, Judaism and other religions from its textbooks. Among the removed material is a hadith about the end of times that describes Muslims fighting and killing Jews. The narration previously appeared in Saudi educational material but has now been removed from the curriculum. Hadith About Jews Being Destined for Hell Removed Another change appears in a Grade 7 Social Studies textbook. T…