LA IMAGEN DE ÁRABES Y MUSULMANES EN LOS LIBROS DE TEXTO EN ESPAÑA

Abstract

Textbooks currently used in the Spanish school, which covering topics
related to the Arabs and Muslims are generally poor. Its contents
are characterized by poverty and sometimes by their ambiguity and
imprecision. But even so, if we compare these with textbooks which
were circulating several decades ago, we can see a clear improvement
and a greater burden on the view given objectiveness on the Arab-
Muslim culture.
The traditional historical and cultural relations between Spain and the
Arab-Muslim world, despite being complex and difficult at certain
times, have not had their echo in these manuals. Neither they did not
have devoted the space or the enough interest to the millions of Arabs
and Muslims living in Europe today, including more than one million
who live in Spain and are active and vital part of those societies which
culture deserves to be respected. Many of these manuals have used
the topics in their explanations, sometimes, perhaps through ignorance
and others with malicious intent. Furthermore, the more common
tendency of these books is the realization of a superficial analysis and
being lacking of a logical order of information given on the subject.