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Parents of Florida high-school students are outraged because they say a world-history textbook used in many of the state's schools portrays Islam and Muhammad in a favorable light.
Members of the public raised concerns with Florida's Sarasota County School Board about "World History: Patterns of Interaction," published by Holt McDougal.
The book was approved by the Florida Department of Education for use in public schools and adopted by the school board for use from 2006 through the 2011-2012 school year.
The school board voted to retain the textbook for use in Sarasota County's 10th–grade social-studies curriculum through 2012, rejecting complaints that the book should not be taught in public classrooms.