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Rebel flag shakes up assembly By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff Published Friday, February 3, 2006 Two Hickman High School students disrupted a multicultural assembly yesterday in the school’s auditorium by unfurling a Confederate flag from the balcony. Ryan Lanman, 17, who is white, and a friend enacted their plan while another student was singing "The Yellow Rose of Texas" to commemorate the Spanish-American War and honor Texas. After the disruption, the students involved were told to leave, and the assembly continued, Principal Mike Jeffers said, adding that he couldn’t talk about whether the students would be disciplined. Lanman,...

<p>Why Muslims are so sensitive to images of Prophet being used BASHIR MAAN MUSLIMS hold the Prophet in such high respect and reverence that he is only after God. He is regarded more respectfully than one's parents.</p> <p>Believers think of him as the prefect human being in the world.</p>

MOST Victorian schoolchildren view Muslims as terrorists, and two out of five students agree that "Muslims are unclean". Just over 50 per cent believe "Muslims behave strangely", and 45 per cent say Australians do not have "positive feelings about Muslims". These are some of the preliminary findings from a statewide survey of student attitudes towards the Muslim community. The research ¡ª conducted in the second half of last year ¡ª is based on responses from 551 year 10 and 11 students across public and private schools. Almost half said they had learned "a little" about Muslims and Islam at school,...