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The rescue-from-ignorance template is examined — with Europe as its named beneficiary
Sindh's Islamiyat applies the full rescue-from-darkness template to a named region, with a keyed multiple-choice question. The region is Europe, not India. The template is portable and assessed; its named target is simply not the subcontinent.
The template is intact — a people in darkness, a Muslim arrival, sciences and institutions brought to them — and it is applied to a named region. That region is Europe. Sindh's Islamiyat 6 teaches that before the Muslims came “the people of Europe were in darkness and ignorance”, then lists the medicine, astronomy and chemistry introduced to them. The lesson closes by examining it: a keyed multiple-choice question at printed p. 97 offers “(A) highly educated (B) in ignorance (C) civilized (D) under developing”. The structure is portable and it is assessed. Its named beneficiary is simply not the subcontinent.
“Besides this, before the arrival of Muslims in Europe, the people of Europe were in darkness and ignorance. The Muslims spread a network of modern sciences, research and institutions for them and introduced them to medicine, astronomy, chemistry and many other modern sciences.”Sindh Textbook Board, Islamiyat 6, pp. 96–97
Against this
The same lesson's keyed multiple choice puts it on the exam: “Before the arrival of Muslims, the people of Europe were: (A) highly educated (B) in ignorance (C) civilized (D) under developing” — printed p. 97.
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Source
Sindh Textbook Board, Islamiyat 6, pp. 96–97
Sindh Textbook Board, Islamiyat 6, PDF pp. 96–97 — the narrative on the first page, the keyed multiple-choice item on the second.
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