Posted on 04/28/2016 12:35:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Isn’t this unconstitutional? Wasn’t there a decades-long struggle to get Christianity out of public school classrooms? Now what had been accepted norms for the separation of religion from public school education are out the window. This initiative to introduce Islam into classroom teaching is based on spurious claims that Muslim students are bullied, when actual FBI statistics show that incidents against Jews are far more common.
“Department Of Education Encourages Islam In Classrooms To Stop Muslim Bullying,” by Diane Palmer, Parent Herald, April 27, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education calls educators to include Islam in the curriculum to address the bullying of Muslim students.
The Department of Education (DOE) in the U.S. encouraged educators to be more responsible in protecting Muslim students from bullying by teaching Islam in class. Many people rejected the demands of the DOE’s instructions by saying that it is inappropriate to bring up religion in class.
The DOE posted instructions on their website urging teachers to include Islam in classroom discussions. Educators are encouraged to incorporate experiences of Muslim people into the curriculum through current events, social studies and children’s literature.
The alleged bullying is said to be largely based on the lack of information about the religion and the tendency to associate Islam with terrorism. Although no firm statistics show how often Muslim students are bullied, activists claim that the numbers became higher after the attacks of 9/11, according to Huffington Post.
A 2010 survey of 57 Muslim teenagers aged 11 to 18 reported being called a name because of their faith. About 80 percent of the respondents also said they have been called a ‘terrorist’.
DOE cites an increase in incidents targeting the Muslim community due to the 10 incidents that happened nationwide, according to WND. Of the 10 events, two resulted in assaults, three reported the vandalism of mosques, five involved alleged threats and intimidation and only one involved a student inside school.
Parents were also called to educate their kids on how to prevent bullying. Parents were told to teach how to appreciate their peers and make friends across different cultures.
However, many groups rejected the claim of DOE by organizing a Change.org petition drive demanding the department to stop efforts to Islamize children in school. Nowhere in the blog does it talk about incorporating Christian or Judaism into classroom discussions despite far more actual violent attacks on Jews and Christians all over the world, according to Martin Mawyer, president and founder of Christian Action Network….
All I can say is “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”.
Yes it is UNconstitutional. So is what Hussein did to NASA. He should have been impeached for that alone.
Islam is a war plan.
Not sure further penetration will ease the suffering.
The difference is that Obama approves of bullying Jews, while he, for obvious reasons, takes it personally when Muslims are not given special deference.
The proper way to protect moslems from being subjected to American sensibilities in American classrooms is to send them all back to their seventh century hellholes.
There can be nothing good come from importing and teaching to our children, enemy dialectics
We Americans have our own identity and idealogy and should reject at every instance the suggestion to import something that waters us down by the mere inclusion of data we don't need
It was necessary to get Christianity out of the classrooms in order for Islam to thrive in the classrooms.
we have to hold together for SIX months. we need to put pressure on our ##### republicans, at least the conservative ones.
still no vote on SC nominee. that’s a god sign.
As an agnostic it was plain to see that Judaism and Christianity led to significant improvement in the lives of those practitioners, while Islam caused stagnation or destruction.
What benefit(s) has the presence of Islam in the US provided in the last 50 years?
The first order of business in the new Trump administration should be the elimination of the DoE. I know it won’t happen but it should...
Christians and Jews are bullied plenty these days.
Where does the DoE stand on that?
IF I still had kids in public school; I’d pull them out
and devote myself to homeschooling & damn the torpedoes,
full speed ahead. These “progressives” are controlled
by FEAR.
Secular totalitarians and religious totalitarians work together @ Indoctrination U.
DISMANTLE the Dept. of Education.
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”
and subjugate/indoctrinate our children.
The people who thought this up need to be fired immediately. Better yet, just get rid of the DOE, we don’t need it.
Yeah, that’ll work.
Bullying of muslims?
It’s the other way around.
My 5 yo grandson has had notes sent home with him 3 times since September for fighting (beating the crap out of other kids). The first time, he told us Amir was punching him so he had to hit him back. The second time it was Mohamed who was calling him names (he said Mohamed called him a fiddle). Two weeks ago it was Ali who spit on him and other kids, so he punched him in the mouth to stop him.
The schools should get rid of all these feral muzzies and the bullying problems would go away.
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