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TEACHING JOHNNY ABOUT ISLAM?
Investors Business Daily ^ | 5/19 | Investors Business Daily

Posted on 05/27/2006 5:24:22 PM PDT by Y2Krap

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TEACHING JOHNNY ABOUT ISLAM

Investors Business Daily

Posted 5/19/2006

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.

In a recent federal decision that got surprisingly little press, even from conservative talk radio, 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.

Parents of seventh-graders, who after 9-11 were taught the pro-Islamic lessons as part of California's world history curriculum, sued under the First Amendment ban on religious establishment. They argued, reasonably, that the government was promoting Islam.

But a federal judge appointed by President Clinton told them in so many words to get over it, that the state was merely teaching kids about another "culture."

So the parents appealed. Unfortunately, the most left-wing court in the land got their case. The 9th Circuit, which previously ruled in favor of an atheist who filed suit against the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, upheld the lower court ruling.

The decision is a major victory for the multiculturalists and Islamic apologists in California and across the country who've never met a culture or religion they didn't like — with the exception of Western civilization and Christianity. They are legally in the clear to indoctrinate kids into the "peaceful" and "tolerant" religion of Islam, while continuing to denigrate Judeo-Christian values.

In the California course on world religions, Christianity is not presented equally. It's covered in just two days and doesn't involve kids in any role-playing activities. But kids do get a good dose of skepticism about the Christian faith, including a biting history of its persecution of other peoples. In contrast, Islam gets a pass from critical review. Even jihad is presented as an "internal personal struggle to do one's best to resist temptation," and not holy war.

The ed consultant's name is Susan L. Douglass. No, she's not a Christian scholar. She's a devout Muslim activist on the Saudi government payroll, according to an investigation by Paul Sperry, author of "Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives Have Penetrated Washington." He found that for years Douglass taught social studies at the Islamic Saudi Academy just outside Washington, D.C. Her husband still teaches there.

So what? By infiltrating our public school system, the Saudis hope to make Islam more widely accepted while converting impressionable American youth to their radical cause. Recall that John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban," was a product of the California school system. What's next, field trips to Mecca?

This case is critical not just to our culture but our national security. It should be brought before the Supreme Court, which has outlawed prayer in school. Let's see what it says about practicing Islam in class. It will be a good test for the bench's two new conservative justices.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: crushislam; diversityeducation; education; indoctrination; islam; ninthcircus; publikskoolz
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received this from trusted email source, attributed to Investors Business Daily. PLEASE, tell me this isn't so.
1 posted on 05/27/2006 5:24:23 PM PDT by Y2Krap
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To: Y2Krap

Sorry, but won't believe this until I see the link


2 posted on 05/27/2006 5:27:13 PM PDT by Ostlandr ( CONUS SITREP is foxtrot uniform bravo alfa romeo)
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To: Y2Krap
You have a "broke back" link...
3 posted on 05/27/2006 5:27:59 PM PDT by DocRock
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To: Ostlandr

There are many links on this subject. Please do a search.


4 posted on 05/27/2006 5:31:16 PM PDT by Sun (Hillary had a D-/F rating on immigration; now she wants to build a wall????)
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To: All

Parents need to peruse their children's textbooks.


5 posted on 05/27/2006 5:33:23 PM PDT by Sun (Hillary had a D-/F rating on immigration; now she wants to build a wall????)
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To: Y2Krap

IBD is a reliable and trusted news source.

This isn't tabloid scare stuff.

The U.S. is going to hell in a hand basket.


6 posted on 05/27/2006 5:35:27 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
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To: Y2Krap
But a federal judge appointed by President Clinton told them in so many words to get over it, that the state was merely teaching kids about another "culture."

The schools can't even do a decent job of teaching Johnny about his own culture, how are they going to teach him about another culture?

This role playing that Johnny is a Muslim for two weeks has nothing to do with education. It is a distraction from the real work of learning.

Public education is a giant waste of taxpayer money.

7 posted on 05/27/2006 5:35:35 PM PDT by stripes1776
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To: Y2Krap

Someone ought to send this to Rush and other conservative sources for discussion.


8 posted on 05/27/2006 5:36:25 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
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To: Y2Krap

http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=20&artnum=3&issue=20060519


9 posted on 05/27/2006 5:37:18 PM PDT by Van Jenerette (U.S. Army 1967-1991, U.S.Army Infantry OCS Hall of Fame, Ft. Benning)
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To: Y2Krap

well, i don't know about this, but the only religion I recall learning about in 6th grade social studies was Islam. And that was a long time ago.


10 posted on 05/27/2006 5:38:04 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (it's all just stuff.)
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To: Y2Krap

Someone just nuke those schools.


11 posted on 05/27/2006 5:38:41 PM PDT by gotribe (It's not a religion.)
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To: DocRock

I am stunned, apparently this is true:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38304


12 posted on 05/27/2006 5:39:02 PM PDT by Y2Krap
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To: Van Jenerette

Van Jenerette, thank you for legitimizing the link.


13 posted on 05/27/2006 5:39:57 PM PDT by Y2Krap
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To: Y2Krap

Thanks for the link!


14 posted on 05/27/2006 5:40:54 PM PDT by DocRock
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To: Ostlandr; DocRock
http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=20&artnum=3&issue=20060519
15 posted on 05/27/2006 5:41:32 PM PDT by Army MP Retired (There Will Be Many False Prophets)
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To: Ostlandr

I have a nephew that was tasked with this Islamic assignment. The curriculum is true but I don't know about the court case.


16 posted on 05/27/2006 5:44:59 PM PDT by Ajnin (I)
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Susan L. Douglass, CIE consultant

17 posted on 05/27/2006 5:46:01 PM PDT by DocRock
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To: Y2Krap
This is not new. It's been going on for at least a year in California and a woman judge on the 9th circuit (appointed by Clinton approved it.

It's like a three week course for middle school kids. They are required to take a Muslim name, study (positive things) about Islam, read the Koran and even pray to Allah.

I wish I were making it up but I'm not. Everything in the article is correct.
18 posted on 05/27/2006 5:46:36 PM PDT by BW2221
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To: Army MP Retired; Y2Krap

Okay, it IS legit. I was reeeeeeeally hoping it was a bogus story.

So much for equal treatment under the law. Apparently, only Christianity is barred from our schools.

Not really an issue for my family. Having extremely unpopular religious beliefs, we keep them to ourselves.
If you point a gun at us, we'll bow down in front of whatever god or idol you say. But you can't change the faith in our hearts. We'll continue to take a page from the Christian bible, "go into (our) closet, shut the door and pray".


19 posted on 05/27/2006 5:48:04 PM PDT by Ostlandr ( CONUS SITREP is foxtrot uniform bravo alfa romeo)
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School Prayer is Okay if Directed to Allah?

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has done it yet again. Recently it ruled that it’s okay to require public school students to participate in Muslim role- playing exercises, including reciting aloud Muslim prayers beginning with “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful,” and “Praise be to Allah.”

Apparently all prayer is banned in public schools “unless” it’s prayer to Allah.

The 9th Circuit ruling also affirmed a lower court ruling that it was permissible for a California school to teach students to fight a “jihad” against Christian crusaders. The court ruled that this does not violate the constitution’s establishment clause because, rather than promoting Islam, the school was merely teaching children about other cultures.

“The fact that public schools are permitted to indoctrinate children about the ‘peaceful’ religion of Islam and, at the same time, denigrate Judeo- Christian values is outrageous and appalling,” said Karen England of Capitol Resource Institute. “It’s time for commonsense to be restored to our public schools and to the judiciary.”

Sickening isn't it! Just when you think it can't get worse ---it does!
20 posted on 05/27/2006 5:49:04 PM PDT by Isabelle
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