An American military instructor has been suspended because he had the wrong position on Islam.
"General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs, ordered the review of the course on Islam and military education
in general after a soldier complained about the content of the course
entitled "Perspectives on Islam and Islamite Radicalism" at the Joint
Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia."
"Navy
Captain John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, said in April that Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta was deeply concerned about some of the materials
being taught in the course, such as the slide suggesting the United
States was at war with Islam."
"That's
not at all what we believe to be the case. We're at war against
terrorism, specifically al Qaeda, who [sic] has a warped view of the Islamic
faith," Kirby said.
