Arab News: Qutb books banned in school libraries
The Ministry of Education recently ordered the removal of two books from school libraries because of the extremist ideas they contained.
“The books, ‘The Lies About Sayyid Qutb’ and ‘The Jihad in the Way of God,’ are banned from school libraries because of their extremist and confusing ideas that may misinform students,” Abdul Rahman Al-Fasil, director general of Boys Education Administration in Asir province, told Arab News yesterday.
Ibrahim Al-Hamdan, director general of the Girls Education Administration in Baha, said the ban on the two books was aimed at protecting the young students from deviant ideology.
Sayyid Qutb, an Egyptian author, was the leading intellectual of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and 1960s.
“The school libraries have been stocking books for a long time without any scrutiny of their content for their suitability for the students,” he added.