Posted on 11/24/2004 2:32:28 PM PST by 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.
Islam is certainly congruous with a great number of bloodless activity, if you submit to Allah (Arabic word for Zeus, according to Doe Eyes), recognize no other deity than Allah, and prepare to reduce yourself to human chattel to live under sharia. No problem here.
USF, thanks for the idea for a new tagline. :-)
nothing is impossible.......
get involved and stop it at the local level..... it is time to take personal action..... at the home level.... every where in the usa....... MSM would have you believe your a kook acting alone and your not........ so get going ...... and yeah it is risky..... however if each parent doesnt get personally involved ..... then they will win..... we still can .... so lets go.......
Help a kid go to a "Christian" school - any denomination that teaches the gospel. Children in Christian parochial schools le to secular islamo-fascist brainwashing.
As Franklin Graham said - Allah had no son according to the Islamic doctrine ao Allah is not the God of the Jews.
Why go to so much trouble to have a human and devine son and then forget him 700 years later?
Hope all can see where this is heading---remember, Armageddon ( the last battle prior to the end of the world) will be fought between the "Kings of the East and Kings of the Wesr"---need I say more?
On to 'bidness now... yet again, I disagree, and see you're getting sloppy here.
"Hijacking comments and perverting them for my own religious aspiration?!?!"
I quote the testament of Doe Eyes: "We all worship the same God in our own way."
Now, what you suppose Doe Eyes means by "SAME GOD", Proud? One God perhaps? What shall we call this radical concept, Proud? As were discussing theology here and you have a penchant for ancient Greek, hows monotheism sound to you? Ring any bells?
Now what did you say about "Doe Eyes had Zeus in mind as the one god, as he is God of all gods" - Do you not see some contradiction here to what you wrote in post #49? Your other "gods" are either gods, or they are not. It's mutually exclusive, you cant have it both ways here... so lets call this later admission of plurality polytheism. Still on board here?
How many of Pantheon of gods were you counting now Proud, the dozen that are Olympians, or do you include any of the Titans that were deposed by your Zeus and Co? Hows about the lesser gods, Demeter, Dionysus, Thanatos or even the muses? Does polytheism sound remotely like what Doe Eyes has in mind? I think not.
Now, is it clear who is hiding behind Zeus and really guilty of "hijacking" the comments from other posters here to selfishly promote your own deity over Huitzilopochtli?
Lower you head in shame, you have done it's now your turn to bow down before the mighty Huitzilopochtli!
And then get back in your cage (***poking stick in Proud Infidels direction***) and quit bugging Doe Eyes because his/her posts happen to agree with me....
BTW, you owe me for the tagline. Have the check in the mail - first thing...
;oP
PETA! Mmmmmm... Now you're making me feel hungry for tasty animals burgers....
There you go again. You Zeusophobes repulse me, and prove Huitzilopochtlism with your human sacrifice is not the tolerant or peaceful religion the LLL claims it to be.
You really are not thinking and mearely being logical.
Doe Eyes said "We all worship the same God in our own way." You can not refute that. It's fact. I know because I read it on the internet, so it has to be true.
Here is a link to a site called 'Freerepublic.'
Yet you stubbornly refuse to accept the evidence before your eyes. Or Zeus.
Noooooo.... you can't hijack that quote too!!! No fair!!!
LOL
I looked into this, totally furious, but then found that it was not what it seems. The documents the teacher was passing out were evidently his own handouts, edited and based on questionable sources...not just a copy of the Declaration of Independence.
LOL
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