Muslim text protest sows hostility

The Orlando Sentinel has a good editorial condemning the Volusia County school textbook campaign. It argues:

“This concocted controversy calls to mind another appeal to antipathy toward Muslims – the ongoing effort in the Florida Legislature to ‘protect’ state courts from the non-existent threat of Islamic Shariah law.”

See also “Christian history taught before Islam in state curriculum”, Daytona Beach News-Journal, 9 November 2013