0.3/1k across 44,245 words — the most secular English reader in the entire corpus, at any class, on any board.
Overview / Findings / Religion
The most secular books and the steepest climb belong to the same board
Sindh's classes 6 and 7 are the most secular books anywhere in the corpus — its English readers contain no religious selection at all — and its class 9–10 Pakistan Studies is among the most religious. It climbs further between class 7 and class 10 than any other board.
Sindh holds both extremes. Its Physics 9 contains not one religious token in 223 pages and carries no bismillah — the most secular book in the entire corpus — and its English 10 is the most secular reader anywhere, at any class, on any board. Then the same board's Pakistan Studies 10 grounds the state in “the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah… a complete code of life” (p. 5), and its Islamiyat 9–10 teaches, from Al-Tawbah 33, that Muslims should “strive for the domination of the true religion. This is the religious duty of everyone” (p. 34). No board travels further between class 7 and class 10.
What the books say
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axis, printed as it stands. Pages marked PDF p. are counted from the first page of the scanned file, which is how most of this corpus was read; pages marked printed p. are the folio printed on the paper. The two differ by however many unnumbered cover leaves a volume carries, so the label matters when you go to check.
Ch.1 grounds the state in "the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah… Islam is a universal Deen i.e., it is a complete code of life" · PAGE 5; the five pillars expounded at · PAGE 164–172 inside a welfare state chapter; "Holy Last Prophet" honorific used ~30× throughout. Sindh's class-9 Urdu Pakistan Studies is the same title in the other medium — scored once.
Tafsir of Al-Tawbah 33: "Islam may be victorious in every country, and all other religions should not have dominance… strive for the domination of the true religion. This is the religious duty of everyone" · PAGE 34; finality of prophethood · PAGE 75–82; a full Jihad chapter · PAGE 86–92. Set against protective language — "for those who do not accept Islam but … like to live as a protected minority, Islam guarantees these three rights" · PAGE 25. The supremacist passage is what lifts this above 3; the tension is internal to one volume.
What was checked and not found
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Not one religious token in 223 pp.; no bismillah. The most secular book in the corpus.
Boards and confidence
Sindh high confidence
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Source
Sindh Physics 9, portal-listed edition; Sindh English 10, portal-listed edition; Sindh Pakistan Studies 10, 2023-24 edition — PDF p. 5; Sindh Islamiyat 9-10, portal-listed edition — PDF p. 34
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Textbook Evidence Project, “The most secular books and the steepest climb belong to the same board”. Evidence from 4 textbooks (Sindh). Corpus version 210 records. Retrieved from https://textbookevidence.com/findings/sindh-steepest-religious-climb/
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