"A Saudi-funded Islamic school says it is removing from text books controversial passages which allegedly brand other faiths as 'worthless'.
The head of the King Fahad Academy in west London said pupils had never been taught from the chapters in question but that they would be removed.
An ex-teacher claims pupils were taught from books which describe Jews as 'repugnant' and Christians as 'pigs'."King Fahad Academy director Dr Sumaya Aluyusuf said the academy promoted "inter-culturalism and inter-faith awareness".
She admitted the textbooks - translated for BBC Two's Newsnight programme by two independent scholars - were kept at the school.
But the translations were "taken out of context" and had "lost some of their meaning", she said.
So a book that translates that other religions are worthless and calls Jews apes and Christians pigs (and we know that pigs are forbidden in Muslim society so it is an ultimate insult) was mistranslated. Now I do not claim to speak their language, but how many ways can you put together the words for 'Christian' 'are' and 'pigs' and not have it be an insult.
In these days the cry is for tolerance of the Muslim people as they are misunderstood. Seems like they are not helping their plea for tolerance when they call me a pig!
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