Lobbying On Portrayal Of Religions In Textbooks

Today's Wall Street Journal carries a long front page article titled New Battleground In Textbook Wars: Religion in History (subscription required). It focuses particularly on efforts by Hindu groups to influence the portrayal of Hinduism in school textbooks used in California. (Religion Clause reported on this a week ago.) The Wall Street Journal article also discusses efforts by Islamic and Jewish groups to monitor the portrayal of their religions in school texts.