{"id":2662286,"date":"2026-09-16T08:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-of-schools-9-11-curriculum-focuses-on-muslim-acceptance-teachers-told-not-to-center-on-the-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T08:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:49:49","slug":"most-of-schools-9-11-curriculum-focuses-on-muslim-acceptance-teachers-told-not-to-center-on-the-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-of-schools-9-11-curriculum-focuses-on-muslim-acceptance-teachers-told-not-to-center-on-the-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Most of School&#8217;s 9\/11 Curriculum Focuses on Muslim Acceptance, Teachers Told Not to &#8216;Center&#8217; on the Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmost-of-schools-9-11-curriculum-focuses-on-muslim-acceptance-teachers-told-not-to-center-on-the-terrorists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2662286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia created a 25th anniversary 9\/11 teaching guide that was reported to focus heavily on promoting a positive portrayal of Muslim Americans and creating safe spaces for Muslim and Middle Eastern students. The guide, which was six pages long, reportedly minimized the role of Islam in inspiring the terrorist attacks and discouraged associating the 9\/11 attacks with islam or extremists. Instead, it aimed to include Muslim Americans as heroes, helpers, and victims, and to challenge stereotypes linking Muslims to terrorism. the document allocated about half its content to fostering inclusivity for Muslim students, with much less emphasis on details about 9\/11 itself. Critics, including retired Navy Vice Admiral Lou Crenshaw, argued that this approach was overly sanitized and did not teach meaningful lessons about the events. Fairfax County Public Schools defended the guide by emphasizing their proximity to the Pentagon, their connection to military families, and their commitment to an inclusive environment that respects all students.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia had a teaching guide for the 25th anniversary of 9\/11 that centered on deterring criticism of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported on Sept. 10 that the teaching guide encouraged educators to \u201cspend time familiarizing yourself with the complexity of 9\/11\u201d and to \u201cleverage a critical lens with students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They were also told not to \u201cassociate the 9\/11 attacks with Islam or Muslims\u201d or to \u201ccenter the extremists or the acts of the extremists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The document was six pages long, according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 15 percent of the document actually details specific instruction about 9\/11.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fairfax County\u2019s new 9\/11 teaching guide devotes roughly half its content to creating \u201csafe spaces for Muslim and Middle Eastern students.\u201d while mentioning military families just three times and first responders once.<\/p>\n<p>The six-page document, obtained by Fox News Digital\u2019s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tlzlyxESPy\">pic.twitter.com\/tlzlyxESPy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/foxnewspolitics\/status\/2098125844975886402?\">September 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Beyond downplaying the role of Islam in inspiring the worst terror attacks in American history, the teachers were asked to \u201cintentionally include Muslim Americans among the heroes, helpers, and victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They were likewise expected to \u201cintentionally disrupt the implicit associations between \u2018Muslim,\u2019 \u2018outsider\u2019 and \u2018terrorist\u2019 in our national discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News noted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/pentagon-witness-blasts-virginia-school-districts-vanilla-9-11-teacher-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> that Fairfax County Public Schools are only a few miles away from the Pentagon and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-drone-attack-represents-a-wake-up-moment\/\" title=\"Ukraine&#039;s drone attack represents &#039;a wake-up moment&#039;\">multiple military bases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Islam had 30 references, military families only had three.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News estimated that half of the document focused on creating \u201csafe spaces for Muslim and Middle Eastern students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Retired Navy Vice Admiral Lou Crenshaw, who was in the Pentagon when terrorists flew a plane into the building, told Fox News that the Fairfax County Public Schools teaching guide was \u201csort of a vanilla way to do things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody can go through the deal and feel good about it. And at the end of the day, nobody complains,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, that\u2019s not exactly what we need to do. We need to make sure that the kids have learned a lesson here. And that\u2019s not going to happen if we try to shave the facts to the point where it\u2019s hard to figure out what we\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Public Schools provided a statement to Fox News saying that many in the community have a \u201cdeeply personal connection to September 11 because of our proximity to the Pentagon and the many military-connected families we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, we remember the nearly 3,000 people who were killed, including 184 at the Pentagon. We remember the victims, their families, the survivors, and everyone whose lives were forever changed. 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