If the schools are so willing to celebrate Ramadan, then I want "Winter Break" to go back to being called "Christmas Vacation" and "Spring Break" to return to "Easter Vacation."
Why is it only Christian holidays are not allowed to be referred to by name?
Gee, I wonder what would happen if the Baptist Church tried to get their message to the public schools?
I'm not a Christian, but fair is fair. In ordinary times, allowing one (very minority) religion access while barring the (very majority) one from the premesis is plain wrong. And these are far from ordinary times. Our kids need a dose of Islamic propaganda like they need a snort of anthrax.
Shouldn't be too hard since that pesky Christmas holiday is out of the way and has been completely cleansed according to plan.
In response, some local high school classes will tour a mosque
Could anyone on this forum in thier wildest dreams imagine a public school allowing a "tour" of a church or synagoque?
These Orwellian bastards are nothing less than obscene.
"Acknowledgement." How cute. Translation: proselytization.
Several of the largest school districts have made an effort in recent years to acknowledge Ramadan as a part of the lives of some students.
Translation: Islamization of the public schools. Someone needs to send those administrators a copy of the U.S., or the Texas State Constitution (does Texas follow American laws?).
National Muslim organizations have focused on getting their message to public schools for about two years. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has a packet of information it offers to educators. Soundvision.com, a popular Muslim commerce and education site, offers information designed for explaining the holidays in public schools.
I'll bet the ACLU sees nothing wrong with this.
This year's outreach efforts include some events that will talk about terrorism and those who claim to kill in the name of Islam.
Sounds like they'll be arguing that terrorism is not the true face of Islam. Pray tell, how you can do that, without supporting Islam?
Attacks on Muslims and mosques after Sept. 11 offered evidence that Islam is not fully accepted in America.
I've heard this claim repeated ad nauseam, but have seen few or no examples of serious harassment or violence. In anything, the national climate since 911 is evidence that Islam IS accepted in America -- which is not necessarily a good thing.
Some Muslim leaders say they hope to use Ramadan as a way to educate non-Muslims and reduce tension.
I'll just bet they do.
Ms. Chowdhury's family is from Bangladesh, but she grew up in Texas. She said she ran into no hostility as a child in school – but not much acknowledgement of her faith.
There we go again, with the failure to "acknowledge" (read: embrace) Islam. Toelrance is not enough for these people.
Some schools have prayer areas set aside for Muslim students.
Those kinds of accommodations were planned before Sept. 11, said Carol Kent, a member of the religious practices advisory committee of the Richardson district.
"Our Muslim community has been quite large," she said. "We crossed a divide many years ago that some school districts are just crossing now."
IOW, thee people long ago burned the Constitution. It's apparently ok to establish religion in the public schools, as long as that religion is neither Christianity nor Judaism.
I hope someone is keeping an eye on the "students" going into the prayer rooms and what objects the "students" are bringing in the rooms. (I've put the word "students" in quotation marks because we know we can't rely on the ages, names, nationalities, etc given in immigration papers of people from the ME. Also, one or two of the hijackers looked pretty young.)
We also know that some young Muslims are willing to risk their own lives in order to kill others.
If Christians are true to their beliefs they believe Jesus is the son of God. They do not believe ALLAH is God. Why would they want to expose school children to a false belief. Unless of course they are not that positive about their beliefs. Or feel that political correctness is more important than taking a stand against falsehoods.
If a group of people believe 5+2=8 should you be tolerant of their belief? - Tom