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Lawsuit: Public school forced my child to convert to Islam
Fox News ^ | 1/30/16 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 01/30/2016 4:17:34 PM PST by Impala64ssa

A public high school has been accused of radical Islamic indoctrination by forcing children to profess the Muslim statement of faith, ordering them to memorize the Five Pillars of Islam and teaching that the faith of a Muslim is stronger than the average Christian, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Thomas More Law Center filed the lawsuit on behalf of John and Melissa Wood. They accuse La Plata High School in Maryland of subjecting their teenage daughter to Islamic indoctrination and propaganda. And when Mr. Wood complained – the school banned him from campus.

Defendants forced Wood’s daughter to disparage her Christian faith by reciting the Shahada, and acknowledging Mohammed as her spiritual leader,” Thomas More president Richard Thompson said.

The Shahada is the Islamic Creed, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.”

The Thomas More Law Center said that for non-Muslims, reciting the statement is sufficient to convert one to Islam.

“The course also taught false statements such as Allah is the same God worshipped by Christians and Islam is a ‘religion of peace,’” Thompson said.

Good grief. It sounds as if somebody turned La Plata High School into a taxpayer-funded Madrassa.

A spokesperson for Charles County Public Schools told me they have not seen the lawsuit and declined to comment.

Also named as defendants were the Charles County Board of Education, principal Evelyn Arnold and vice-principal Shannon Morris.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges that students spent only one day studying Christianity and two weeks studying Islam.

“During its brief instruction on Christianity, Defendants failed to cover any portion of the Bible or other non-Islamic religious texts, such as the Ten Commandments,” the lawsuit states. “Instead, the class included disparaging remarks about Christianity and the Pope.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Maryland; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antichristian; christianpersecution; islam; islamindoctrination; islaminusschools; laplatahigh; laplatahighschool; maryland
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If the students were required to memorize the Ten Commandments, Psalm 23, John 3:16 or any passage from the Torah it would be the ACLU and the atheists filing suit and seeking injunctions faster than Jeff Gordon on meth.
1 posted on 01/30/2016 4:17:34 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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Please help make FR's voice louder.


By the way folks.  Anyone know what a FReep-a-Thon is?

The same values remain sacred for many of us today.

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2 posted on 01/30/2016 4:18:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Now that the students have been forced to recite the Shahada they are muslims. And good muslims will shame and abuse female teachers that are not covered up to protect their modesty. In fact, they will threaten them with rape for dressing like prostitutes. Are they not asking to be raped by their provocative behavior? And the Jewish teachers can be called sons of pigs and apes constantly! There is so much fun to be had when you convert all the students to muslim!


3 posted on 01/30/2016 4:25:36 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: Impala64ssa

I live in that county.

These parents are seeking their 15 seconds of fame, that is all... they have no basis for this lawsuit.


4 posted on 01/30/2016 4:26:50 PM PST by SilvieWaldorfMD (A Realistically Really Real Housewife)
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To: DoughtyOne

Imagine if they’d forced the kid to write John 3:16 out.

The ACLU would sue, MSM would be there, lib protesters outside the school.

Muslims can do no wrong, according to leftists. The enemy of Christ is the leftist’s friend.


5 posted on 01/30/2016 4:27:46 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Impala64ssa

Has 0bama inserted MoBros into DOE?


6 posted on 01/30/2016 4:29:05 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: DoughtyOne

I’m surprised that more parents aren’t suing those teachers and school districts. I would if that had happened to my children.


7 posted on 01/30/2016 4:30:18 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

That may be, but any opportunity to damage, harass, or be a nuisance to an enemy should be taken advantage of.

“Never let a crisis go to waste.” I think a prominent Dem once said.

Karma is an itch-bay.


8 posted on 01/30/2016 4:30:46 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Do you know something that we don’t?


9 posted on 01/30/2016 4:30:48 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

I probably don’t have to tell you how this infuriates me.

It is a sign of the times, but I hope this guy winds up owning that school.


10 posted on 01/30/2016 4:31:14 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: Impala64ssa

if they push a race war, my side was chosen for me at birth.
if they push a religious war, my side was chosen shortly after that.

in the end, i know my place.

and that scares them.


11 posted on 01/30/2016 4:31:43 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: TigerClaws

We are certainly seeing the work of the Anti-Christ right now.

Frankly I am somewhat surprised we haven’t seen him impersonate Jesus yet.


12 posted on 01/30/2016 4:32:32 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Did they pass Sharia law in your county?


13 posted on 01/30/2016 4:36:59 PM PST by grumpygresh (We don't have Democrats and Republicans, we have the Faustian uni-party)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
These parents are seeking their 15 seconds of fame, that is all... they have no basis for this lawsuit.

If what was said in the article then yes they do have a basis. This kind of thing needs to be nipped in the budding stage.

14 posted on 01/30/2016 4:41:35 PM PST by Boomer (Liberal Propaganda is like visual/audio Meth. It ruins the mind and rots the teeth.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Did it happen or is the story an exaggeration?


15 posted on 01/30/2016 4:43:09 PM PST by crusher2013 (Liberalism is Aristocracy masquerading as equality)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

Are you a Muslim?


16 posted on 01/30/2016 4:43:49 PM PST by roadcat
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To: Impala64ssa
Can you sue the school successfully if your son turns into an Islamic Rage Boy



and gets a case of Sudden Jihad Syndrome (aka SJS)?
17 posted on 01/30/2016 4:49:36 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Heads should roll over this.

Figuratively.


18 posted on 01/30/2016 4:53:38 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD

What are you basing your opinion on? Do you know the Woods?

You do know that the Thomas More Law Center is not in the habit of filing frivolous lawsuits, don’t you?


19 posted on 01/30/2016 4:53:53 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: cloudmountain

This society is getting crazier and crazier!


20 posted on 01/30/2016 5:42:12 PM PST by jayrunner
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