Spreading Islam in American Public Schools

Daniel Pipes ^ | November 24, 2004 | Daniel Pipes

[Proud Infidel]

Not only do Islamists want to censure the handling of Islamic topics at U.S. universities, as I noted in "Islamists Police the Classroom [at the University of South Florida]," but they also wish to do the same at grammar schools. More ominously yet, they wish to transform public schools at all levels into venues for spreading Islam.

An undated posting at www.SoundVision.com posts a page titled "18 Tips for Imams and Community Leaders." The 15th tip, "Establish a parents' committee to monitor public schools," has special interest. It starts by asking if the local public school is teaching 10-year-olds that Muslims are terrorists and misogynists? If so, parents are advised to set up a committee "to monitor public school curriculum and developments" and arrange for Muslims to deliver talks about Islam and Muslims. For instance, as Ramadan approaches, a parent should explain the holiday to the school or in a social studies class. When a high-profile "incident of terrorism where Muslims are the perpetrators" takes place, the committee should ask to discuss Islam and terrorism. More broadly, the committee should lobby on behalf of Muslim concerns.

Another website points to a far deeper agenda, that of da‘wa, or using taxpayer-funded schools to proselytize for Islam. www.DawaNet.com's goals are summed up by an article it hosts: "How to Make America an Islamic Nation." But what concerns us is a page, "Dawa in public schools," that portrays public schools as "fertile grounds where the seeds of Islam can be sowed inside the hearts of non-Muslim students. Muslim students should take ample advantage of this opportunity and present to their schoolmates the beautiful beliefs of Islam." This, the website asserts, is best achieved through both direct and indirect steps. Direct means overt da‘wa:

-Host Islamic exhibitions. -Start an Islamic newsletter. -Set up "Dawa tables" offering Islamic literature. -Carry "Dawa flyers" from the Islamic Circle of North America and pass them out to non-Muslims. -Place advertisements in the school paper with a toll-free telephone number for non-Muslims to call to learn more about Islam. -Establish one-to-one contacts with non-Muslim students (along gender lines: "It is advised that brothers work with non-Muslim boys and sisters work with non-Muslim girls").

Indirect partially means creating a good image for Islam:

-Found Muslim groups that portray Islam "in a positive way," such as a Muslim Students Association, Islamic Circle, or Quran Study Group.

-Engage in "simple actions that reflect living Islam," such as saying "Insha Allah" (God willing), praying, and wearing Islamic-style clothing.

-Take advantage of disasters to set up a disaster relief assistance booth to give "a very positive picture of Islam and Muslims."

Or indirect means increasing consciousness of Islam:

-Make use of the school newspaper: "Being a writer will give you ample opportunity to provide Islamically oriented articles which will Insha Allah [if God wishes] open the hearts and minds of readers." Ideally, an article on Islam should appear in each issue. If the school does not allow overt preaching, "Alhamdu lillah, there are ways to circumvent this problem," such as reporting on Islamic events or writing about Islamic holidays. "This way, you are still presenting an aspect of Islam without coming across as a preacher." DawaNet.com also coyly instructs its adepts "to have a good rapport with the editor and the writing staff of the paper."

-Lobby to include Islamic dates on the school calendar.

-Add books and magazines on Islam written by Muslims to the school library; if the library does not purchase them, raise the money to donate them.

-Incorporate Islam into class projects. For example, "for a speech class, if there is freedom to choose a topic, an Islamic topic should be selected. Similar opportunities can be created in history, social science, writing and other classes."

DawaNet.com concludes by reminding Muslims that the will of Allah, faith, and Muslim creativity combined to win victories in the past and can again in the future:

Schools and campuses are no exceptions as places where Islam can be victorious. … We should use every opportunity to sensitize non-Muslim peers and school staff to Islam and to establish an environment in which everywhere a non-Muslim turns, he notices Islam portrayed in a positive way, is influenced by it and eventually accepts Islam.

[Seattle Conservative]

I'm sure homschooling is hard work and I applaud you for doing it.

My nephew is 2-1/2 and I give him money now and then (was weekly) to put in his piggy bank to save for school. I'm his Godmother and I want him to go to a Catholic school so he won't be subjected to all the BS in public schools. My sister is totally supportive of this and she and her husband are putting money away to make this happen as well. If they can't swing it, I'll go without to make sure my little guy isn't subjected to the crapola in public schools; and, I'll keep a watchful eye on what he's being taught in the Catholic school as well (maybe some liberalism, but I suspect it won't be Islam, why Sally has 2 mommies, how to put a condom on a cucumber, etc, etc).

[Proud Infidel]

I don't see a problem with this. We all worship the same God in our own way. This is like a Jewish student complaining about Christian prayers in school. We need God in our schools, any way we can.

I agree. Just because my religion tells me to kill unbelievers like you guys on this thread, there's no reason to stop me.

No problem here. Ignore this thread and move on.

[Proud Infidel]

There is no leaving after you recite the shahadah. Yet another way for CAIR to count up 7,000,000 Muslims in America besides jail house converts.

[txhurl]

bump

[lunarbicep]

ping

[GeekDejure]

I don't see a problem with this. We all worship the same God in our own way. This is like a Jewish student complaining about Christian prayers in school. We need God in our schools, any way we can.
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What planet are you on? Surely not Earth! WE DO NOT ALL WORSHIP THE SAME GOD !!! Jews and Christians worship YAHSHUA/JESUS CHRIST, the One True Almighty Creator of the Universe and everything therein !!!

However, the Muzzle-em murderers worship Allah, a death cult moon god that was created by the child molesting murderer and self-created prophet known as Mohammud (pyss and pig-fat be upon him)!!!

[Doe Eyes]

What planet are you on? Surely not Earth! WE DO NOT ALL WORSHIP THE SAME GOD !!!

There is only one God. What Bible do you read?

[GeekDejure]

Doe Eyes... you screen name and your tag line thoroughly explain your inability to understand what I have posted !!!

Yes... as the Bible clearly states... there is only One God... but Allah is NOT that God !!!

[Proud Infidel]

I agree. Zeus is the only god for me.

I never did like Angdistis, Ah Puch, Ahura Mazda, Alberich, Amaterasu, An, Anat, Andvari, Anshar, Anu, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apsu, Ares, Artemis, Asclepius, Athena, Athirat, Athtart, Atlas, Baal, Bacchus, Balder, Bast, Bergelmir, Bes, Bragi, Brahma, Camaxtli, Ceres, Ceridwen, Cernunnos, Chac, Chalchiuhtlicue, Charun, Cybele, Dagon, Damkina, Davlin, Demeter, Diana, Dionysus, Ea, Enki, Enlil, Epona, Ereskigal, Farbauti, Fenrir, Forseti, Freya, Freyr, Gaia, Ganesha, Ganga, Garuda, Gauri, Geb, Hanuman, Helios, Heng-o, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hesta, Hod, Hoderi, Hoori, Horus, Hotei, Hestia, Huitzilopochtli, Inanna, Inti, Ishtar, Isis, Ixtab, Izanaki, Izanami, Juno, Jupiter, Kagutsuchi, Kartikeya, Ki, Kingu, Kinich Ahau, Kishar, Krishna, Kukulcan, Lakshmi, Liza, Loki, Lugh, Magna Mater, Marduk, Mars, Medb, Mercury, Mimir, Minerva, Mithras, Morrigan, Mot, Mummu, Nammu, Nanna, Nanse, Nemesis, Nephthys, Neptune, Nergal, Ninazu, Ninhurzag, Nintu, Ninurta, Njord, Odin, Ohkuninushi, Ohyamatsumi, Orgelmir, Osiris, Ostara, Pan, Parvati, Poseidon, Quetzalcoatl, Rama, Re, Sarasvati, Shiva, Seshat, Seti (Set), Shamash, Shapsu, Shu, Surya, Susanoh, Tawaret, Tefnut, Tezcatlipoca, Thor, Tiamat, Tlaloc, Tonatiuh, Toyo-Uke-Bime, Tyr, Utu, Uzume, Venus, Vesta, Vishnu, Vulcan, Xipe, Xochiquetzal, Yam, Yarikh, Ymir or Yum Kimil.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Boomer Geezer]

Thank you very much.

[expatguy]

Oh it will be over your dead body, and much sooner than you think.

At this point, it has become impossible to stop it.

Never could anyone have imagined that the United States would self destruct like this.

[USF]

No, Proud, I disagree. Huitzilopochtli is the one god.

Why does every one always pound on Huitzilopochtli? If they can take part in Islamic ceremonies in school, I want the right to practice human sacrifices for Huitzilopochtli.

Doe "We all worship the same God in our own way" Eyes should be with me in this. At least someone does not see a problem with this.

[hellinahandcart]

read later

[USF]

However, the Muzzle-em murderers worship Allah, a death cult moon god that was created by the child molesting murderer and self-created prophet known as Mohammud

To be fair, I think some of the credit goes to the jinns and other voices he claims to have heard in his head, so I reckon some form of mental illness deserves at least a passing mention...

[Nowhere Man]

over my dead cold body cluthing my ar 15.....



It's really a twisted world when we cannot talk about the Judeo-Christian foundations of our country and celebrate Christmas and Hannukah in our schools yet the Moslems get a pass with Ramadan and so on along with Kwaanza. I know we have the upper hand with the victory of President Bush and holding onto both Houses in Congress, but we still have the Rat's nest in the judiciary to clean out not to mention the ACLU and the lefty's stranglehold on our schools and other facets of society. It's going to make the combination of the battles of Iwo Jima, Fallujah, Pork Chop Hill, Khe Sahn, and The Bulge seem tame in comparison but we must clean those out. If we don't, the minds of our children are at stake. I know I don't have any kids and not even married, I hope to find the right one someday but we are all headed into the future and all of our lives and livelihood is at stake. As time goes on, I am beginning to think that we have to do away with public education and go private or home schooling. Failing that, this may sound weird but I think we need to return to the days of the "little red schoolhouse" where control resided with the locals and locals only.

[jan in Colorado]

LOL



Hmmm...human sacrifice, I bet that's supported by PETA!

[Irish_Thatcherite]

......Vesta, Vishnu, Vulcan, Xipe, Xochiquetzal, Yam, Yarikh, Ymir or Yum Kimil.

You forgot Sinka - the god of the kitchen sink.

[Zionist Conspirator]

But if Christians do exactly the same things, the liberals go on a jihad against us. Hmmmm.

This is for two reasons:

1) "Separation of church and state" applies only to the majority, or "host" religion. The symbols of this religion are a dangerous indication that "theocracy" is about to consume the land. However, the symbols and doctrine of minority, or "guest" religions (even when funded by taxes) are simply an indication that we live in a tolerant, pluralist, multicultural, and secular society.

2) As Rabbi 'Aryeh Spero has noted, both islam and liberalism are forms of `avodah zarah (pagan worship).

I wouldn't expect the ACLU to see public promotion of islam as "religious." Kinda makes you want the moozies to win just long enough to cut stupid liberals' heads off!

[VOA]

Spreading Islam in American Public Schools

(forgive this common repost of mine)...

This is fully approved by the braintrust of the ACLU.
After all, their Saint Thomas (Jefferson) never wrote any scripture about
"separation of mosque and state".