RE: 7th Graders Islam Studies Spark Hate Mail, Lawsuits

["Bill Strand" <strand@pacsim.com>]

Thanks Debbie. I have used SNOPES often when I read "weird and wonderful"
stories on the net. I first found it when I had been informed that Donald
Duck had been banned in Scandinavia (huh?).

I spend a lot of time telling my kids that the net, in and of itself, is a
very unreliable source of information. There are reputable sites out there,
but you have to match the stories to the source.

Bill Strand

-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Gray [mailto:dgray@uidaho.edu]
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 10:55 PM
To: John Harrell
Cc: vision2020
Subject: Re: 7th Graders Islam Studies Spark Hate Mail, Lawsuits


See www.snopes.com for further information about this story. As most urban
legends go, there is some truth hidden in it but lots of smoke.
Note that "'ASSIST News Service' is the public relations arm of Assist
Ministries".

http://www.snopes.com/religion/islam.htm

Debbie Gray

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