The Hidden Curriculum of Islamic Schools: From Prayer to Sharia - A Child's Indoctrination (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781069847218)

The Hidden Curriculum of Islamic Schools: From Prayer to Sharia - A Child's Indoctrination is a detailed investigation into Islamic school curriculum Grades 1 - 12. Drawing directly from textbooks, workbooks, supplementary readers, hadith, tafsir, fiqh manuals, and other foundational Islamic sources, the book examines what Muslim children are taught about identity, obedience, non-Muslims, jihad, sharia, gender roles, authority, and the wider world.

Organized grade by grade, the analysis identifies recurring patterns of omission, selective framing, behavioural conditioning, and ideological reinforcement. Lessons are compared with primary Islamic sources including the Quran, authentic hadith collections, Ibn Kathir, al-Tabari, Ibn Ishaq, and Reliance of the Traveller, A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law revealing how complex legal and doctrinal concepts are gradually normalized through repetition, ritual practice, and storytelling.

The book also examines supplementary texts, scientific miracle claims, historical revisionism, and the gradual formation of a complete social, legal, and moral framework presented to children as the natural expression of Islamic belief. It further explores whether both Muslim students and the wider public are being shielded from the political, legal, and expansionary implications of doctrines that are simultaneously being instilled in the children themselves.

Written in clear language for both general readers and researchers, this study documents how Islamic educational materials shape worldview, group identity, and attitudes toward non-Muslims while shielding both students and the public from many of the legal, political, and historical consequences found in the foundational texts themselves.