Friday 11 January 2013

Not aware of their content

Scientific American satirized claims in a Turkish children's book that Charles Darwin was Jewish.
The Jan. 8 article was written in response to reports in October about a series of books aimed at Turkish schoolchildren which describe Darwin as a hook-nosed Jew who kept the company of monkey.
The books sparked outrage in Turkey and protests from Turkish teachers. The Istanbul area school district which distributed the books later claimed it was not aware of their content.
Read more: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/01/11/3116631/scientific-american-mocks-claims-that-darwin-was-jewish

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