Posted on 12/17/2015 1:38:34 PM PST by Mariner
BLAINE, Minn. (WCCO) â Some parents in the Anoka-Hennepin School District are questioning a choir teacherâs decision to use a song about Ramadan performed in Arabic at a holiday concert.
At Thursday nightâs concert at Blaine High School, one of the songs students will be singing includes Arabic words, including the phrase âAllahu Akbar,â which means âGod is great.â
Christian and Jewish songs will be performed as well, but the Ramadan song is getting all the attention.
It started with a post on Facebook. A parent of a ninth-grade Blaine choir student posted the lyrics to the song the choir has been practicing. When others learned students would be singing the song on Thursday, the comments took a turn.
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bttt
Kwanza comes after Christmas. All the kids with detention over the break can come in and sing Kwanza songs.
A Time to “de-whitefy Christmas” according to Revrunt..Sharpton
where AM I gonna find a Kwanzaa Tree anyway??
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