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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What? Writing that Allah is the only God does not renounce their faith? Are they nuts? They could have written from the Declaration of Independence or anything else. Why about the murdering prophet?
If I had a child there, he would have written that Mohammed consummated a marriage with a 9-year old; if he lived here today, he would be in prison.
The lesson here for stupid “multiculturalists” who use that as an excuse to know nothing, is that muslim culture IS the whole political and religious package that is Islam.
Don’t forget about the six dozen glazed virgins.
Chinese or Japanese not good enough! Racists!
Write, Allah is Satan. If you want the truth.
Can you imagine the outrage if the students had been made to write “Jehovah is God, there is no other God than Jehovah, Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world”?
Students and teachers should DEMAND a new assignment declaring Jehovah to be God and Christ to be Savior
Good. Then, let’s write the First Commandment in calligraphy, and watch liberal heads explode.
And the teachers and administrators at this school are his minions.
They think they are just good Lefties...but deep down they know who the Left worships.
Liberals love Islam because Islam’s enemy is the same as theirs: Christian Civilization and truth. They have everything in common.
Public school is child abuse. Home school!
Hoiw about this calligraphy assignment: “Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except by me”.
The lessons on stoning, beheadings and clitorectomies are scheduled for next week. Students are invited to participate.
‘Neither these lessons, nor any other lesson in the world geography course, are an attempt at indoctrination to Islam...’
Horse. Shlt.
Only in this material world can Kate Upton believe she is innocent.
She acts innocent, but she knows she is nothing but a porn star...a pusher of powerful brain chemicals...of sexual addiction.
She knows. Or at least she will know soon enough.
How about “Mohammed sucked balls” or “Muslims have sex with animals.”
Go to hell Allah!
Signed...
Jesus
“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”
Except the part where you forced all the students to make a written profession of belief.
Also, note that there is no requirement that someone understands or even knows they are making a profession of belief in Islam. Simply saying the words, even if you are repeating them in a language you don’t understand, is considered a valid profession of faith to Muslims.
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