Damned by Dhimmis
coming soon to a school yard near you
Education: In our brave new schools, Johnny can’t say the pledge, but he can recite the Quran. Yup, the same court that found the phrase “under God” unconstitutional now endorses Islamic catechism in public school.
...California’s 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it’s OK to put public-school kids through Muslim role-playing exercises, including:
-Reciting aloud Muslim prayers that begin with “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful . . . .”
-Memorizing the Muslim profession of faith: “Allah is the only true God and Muhammad is his messenger.”
-Chanting “Praise be to Allah” in response to teacher prompts.
-Professing as “true” the Muslim belief that “The Holy Quran is God’s word.”
-Giving up candy and TV to demonstrate Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.
-Designing prayer rugs, taking an Arabic name and essentially “becoming a Muslim” for two full weeks.
...In contrast to the seventh-grade Muslim unit, where children are first introduced to Islam, the earlier one on Christianity does not involve any role play. Students are not asked to recite Christian prayers or memorize Scripture.
Moreover, parents argue that neither the Islam chapter nor the role-playing module critically discuss the anti-Christian jihads of old, or new ones led by Islamic terrorists like Osama bin Laden. In fact, Byron teachers warned students against saying anything negative about Islam, U.S. court documents show.
And Islam is praised for tolerance and acceptance of other beliefs. [bwahahahaaaaaa e-C]
...the unit on Christianity is critical of that core American faith, particularly concerning the Crusades (which came on the heels of earlier Islamic invasions of non-Muslim territory).
Sorta-tech wench Beth
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