Posted on 12/15/2015 2:15:59 PM PST by RoosterRedux
A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, "There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
Female students at Riverheads High School in Staunton, Virginia, were also invited to wear Muslim clothing -- a story first reported by The Schilling Show.
"Neither these lessons, nor any other lesson in the world geography course, are an attempt at indoctrination to Islam or any other religion, or a request for students to renounce their own faith or profess any belief," the district said in a statement provided to Fox News.
The Muslim-friendly calligraphy assignment took place in a world geography class. The teacher had the kids copy the Muslim statement of faith, also known as the shahada.
Parents told The Schilling Show that their children were not given the translation of what they were writing.
In other words, there were more than likely a few Christian teenagers in that room who had no idea they were writing, "There is no god but Allah."
But the school district doesn't seem to think that's a problem.
"The statement presented as an example of the calligraphy was not translated for students, nor were students asked to translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief," the district stated.
They said it was all about the art--not about the theology.
"They were simply asked to attempt to artistically render written Arabic in order to understand its artistic complexity," they stated.
And out of sheer coincidence -- out of all the Arabic words and phrases the teacher could have selected, she picked the Islamic statement of faith?
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Heil 0bama / Hillary will eventually be coming from a school somewhere.
THIS.
And the ruse was to practice calligraphy. IOW, they wrote their "statement of faith" over and over again. Whatever the magic number (three?), the devious teacher covered that little detail as well.
they are now under the thumb of the imams should the imams care to play those cards.
penalty for renouncing islam? death of course.
ah the wonders of the post modern world
Yes, I remember. He was also much more advanced and wise than the “backward” English.
How can you defend the indefensible? Why is this alright to liberals while if a teacher had students write “Christ is Lord” they would demand that they were fired and publicly flogged. Lastly where are our anti religion atheists? What’s up, they haven’t the balls to stand up to muslims, only peaceful religions?
Yet have someone write something from the Bible....
...the left shrieks and wants blood.
Lots of fun things you can write in Arabic here!
Might get some shirts made up and see if any local Muzzies can read them!
http://www.yamli.com/arabic-keyboard/
Amen!
And “allah” is really the devil.
Galatians 1:8
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
“...out of all the Arabic words and phrases the teacher could have selected, she picked the Islamic statement of faith?”
Frankly, they don’t ever seem to have anything else to say. They are a brain dead lot, the Muslims.
When I learned Calligraphy, it was a Bible Verse, or something from Shakespeare.
(sigh)
And you know how schools are these days, they have the kids sign all sorts of insideous pledges regarding what they will do, not do (e.g. no bullying)... various written "commitments" that masquerade as binding contracts.
Lord help the unfavored student who is caught with "medicated chapstick" after he signs a "no drug" pledge.
Because you just know that the schools define those pledges as narrowly or as broadly as they want in order to accuse, entrap, and punish.
Discovered at church after "committing" to islam? It puts a whole nuther meaning to the phrase "permanent record". As permanent as the grave..
Well said!
#medicatedchapstickprivlege...
In 1919 Kipling wrote a poem. The Gods of the Copybook Headings. The Copybook was a handwriting lesson that also contained a moral message.
Yes...I like that poem.
I have also seen some of those copybooks.
BTW, my Mom(RIP) had the most gorgeous handwriting I have ever seen.
I went to this high school’s web page and found only one female listed as a Social Studies teacher. I wonder if this is the one.
LaPorte, Cheryl, Social Studies
SICK
More info about the teacher at 117.
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