[mhking]

Please, please, please let me know how this turns out!

[NativeNewYorker]

My son's private NYC school has one day devoted to the study of Islam every year, in a tradition long pre-dating the current obsessions.

The kids go to a local mosque and visit the Metropolitan Museum to see the truly splendid artistic output of Islam's early centuries.

I used the museum trip to teach my son about tesselation, craftsmanship, and the ingenuity of artisans working without modern technology.

I present it as a secular/cultural topic. I also point out to him the historical fact that Islam has accomplished nothing in recent centuries, and that it is critical to know that civilizations wax and wane, and to stay focused on the future.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Actually, I think that you should contact a junkyard lawyer who lives for this kind of fight and DEMAND that the publick skewl cease and desist the indoctrination of the children into the Muslim faith.

Perhaps the Rutherford Institute would be a good place to start.

[Jason Kauppinen]

Let us know how it turns out.

[joesnuffy]

IMO this is not a geography lesson...it is a lesson in cognitive dissonance- re-education camp techniques -
The children will make the leap to moral equivilency between islam and their respective religions..feeling empathy after walking a few minutes in muslim slippers.
Moderate islam is the trojan horse of the ™ Real Deal

[usconservative]

Personally, I'd be calling the school and telling them I'm filing a lawsuit today.

These liberal leftist scumballs are the first to cry 'Separation of Church & State' whenever a Christian activity is involved, so turn it around on them! Separation of Church & State means ALL churches, even the left's favorite killing cult, Islam.

[Victor]

Bumpity-bumpola. if you meet with the teacher, make sure you bring a pocket audio cassette recorder....and record everything.

[Crusader Rabbit]

I wonder if the other children will complain, "Oh! Imam always liked you better!"

[Grig]

bumping to check the results later....

[Hildy]

I think you did the right thing, if they so much as touch a hair on your kid's hair, expel, punish or anything, I'd sue. Enough is enough. Where is this school located? Contact your local news channel and TELL them what's going on. MAKE these so called educators explain why this is important to Johnny's education and why THIS doesn't violate separation of Church and State.

[Gumlegs]

BTTT! I want to know how this plays out.

[Dixie Mom]

Hoo-boy! I predict a better than even chance we will be reading about this in the paper before it is all over. That is a bizarre geography lesson. I'm especially interested in the context of the lesson. Who, specifically, is "forcing" the pretend muslims to eat pork and commit other violations of the muslim faith? (In other words, if it's some subtle brainwashing about how we are mistreating prisoners at Gitmo, I'm gonna puke.) Please ping me with updates, and thanks for an interesting thread!

[Eva]

I more subtle response would have been to instruct the kid to write that since the Muslim dietary laws are not much different than Jewish Kosher law, that he would accept that he lives in an unpure world and try to get along.

[zeaal]

This is a unique means of handling this topic in schools. I look forward to future reports on outcome. Thanks.

[CharlotteVRWC]

I would call up and ask if they can pretend to be Christians next week, carrying a bible to school.

[Rummyfan]

This is a great approach. Fighting fire with fire so to speak. Let us know the school's response please.

[swarthyguy]

Haven't read the whole thread but there is no playacting in pretending to be muslim. According to the orthodoxy and even the so called moderates, if the children say a particular string of words, they ARE muslims, acknowledged or not, and such can be considered apostates.

It's six words or so, "there is no *** but ***** " or something like that.

Aristeides, you had that phrase on one of the Russian threads.....Sorry to bother you and thanks.

[goodnesswins]

BUMP to hear the end of the story - you should let Rush/Hannity/O'Reilly et al know about this if it continues to be a "story." I like your quick thinking.

[itsinthebag]

Not ten minutes ago he called and said the class is engaged in an exercise where they are to pretend they are muslims and explore how they would react to being made to eat pork and/or other violations of the muslim faith. He sought my guidence in whether he should seek to excuse himself from this class or not.

Can you imagine the outcry if students were asked to pretend to be Jewish or a Christian?

[Grammy]

snicker, snicker. You two are amazingly clever. Unfortunately, the local followers of the nea cult probably have no senses of humor, so there may be hell to pay. Let me know what happens.