[zauber1]

I agree with Warrior Mentor and Gary Bauer about the lack of quality in current textbooks regarding Islam. Revisionist history is the mainstay because it sells textbooks. Textbook writers and publishers are in business to do one thing: sell textbooks. Given that perspective, they have and will alter whatever they have to so that the purchaser (school districts) and mostly liberal educators will but their product.

On the other hand, I am an educator in a district that allows me tremendous latitude in curriculum and choice of textbooks. I regularly teach about Islam, terrorism, hostage negotiation , geopolitics and the impact of religion on law enforcement and related topics. Is there a good text available? I value the opinion and experience of the QPs on this forum.

In the past three years I have used only the Qu'ran and Hadith as my basic text when teaching the ramifications of sharia law. I would rather not have to reinvent the wheel anymore.