Marshall University does not ban books! The information is provided to let people know what has been banned/challenged elsewhere.
2018
A School board in Brevard (FL) county decided to keep the textbook in 9th-grade classrooms, amid complaints that its chapter on Islam “painted Mohammad and the treatment of women in an overly favorable light.”
2017
Challenged in the Sullivan County (TN) school system because a parent said the textbook “promotes Islamic propaganda.” The parent is being represented by Freedom X, a California-based, self-described conservative Christian group with a website that states it fights Islamic indoctrination in U.S. schools. “This will not go away. I will not go away,” she told the board.
On These Pages
A Banned book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.
A Challenged book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.
For additional information contact
Ron Titus, titus@marshall.edu
304-696-6575
Last updated
July 26, 2018