Mosul Schools Go Back in Time With Islamic State Curriculum

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Students returned to schools in parts of northern Iraq ruled by Islamic State militants to find lessons including history, geography and literature are off the timetable.

The al-Qaeda breakaway group has ordered schools to open in the territory under its control, and issued a ban on most subjects except religious studies, according to a letter sent to the local education ministry office in Mosul.