Schools teaching Islam now?

[helosailor]

So, a kid mumbles or thinks "God", not even in the context of religion, in a school in Haystraw, KS and the ACLU has a collective aneurysm over it, and yet this (the teaching about islam) is probably going on in many more places than just Hurst, TX and they don't say a word? I think that is very telling.

[ceyko]

Post from a friend of mine on FB, this apparently is happening in hurst. Her family is VERY christian

Her post
"I am very irritated that my son had to take a test on pillars of faith of islam, what mohammed did to begin islam, what are miss understandings of the religion, how they brought us art and we brought them war. Under no circumstances should my 12yr be writing there is no god but allah"

Unless, of course, equal time is spent teaching EVERY religion and their history and impact on the world. That should get interesting about the time you get to the Norse gods and the many different Indian religions (feather, not dot)

Yeah and then putting a spin on it also pisses me off. I CAN understand teaching the basic principles and thought process of all religions. The more I learn, the more I feel like I know about what's going on. However, at the end of the day most/all religious wars seem to be mostly for money/power.

Understand, as a Catholic I would want the reality of past violence taught too. All this, mainly to learn from history and show what is pointless in the long term - even if it is an elective...since at the end of the day it's not critical for a HS kid to grasp it all compared to math/science..etc. (going to war for church as opposed to country - there is a difference)

If bullshit is going to be taught keep it out of schools altogether.

[The King]

Take that crap to the theology forum with the king and his dumbassery.

You're pulling a 4eyedwillie over here.

As opposed to your crap and dumbassery demonstrated so aptly here in this gem of a post, we presume?

This is a political issue, get over it.

[grove rat]

only thing they should teach kids in school about religion is how all of them are scare tactics to control the masses

[Baron Von Crowder]

Religion is part of culture, like it or not. Geography is a study of people, places and culture; leaving out religion would make that study incomplete.

Choose to believe whatever you would like, but knowing about the religious beliefs of the people of the world is not a bad thing. We did it in school, my teacher had a copy of the Bible, Karan, and any other religious texts he could get his hands on. He had a full class speech about how this was important, and how he didn't want to have us feeling like he was promoting religion at all, that he was functionally atheistic. Looking back, it was one of the best and most memorable sections of study to date.

And yes, plenty of parents threw a fit each year. They were allowed to pull their students from the class and they had an alternate assignment they could do, but none of the parents did after a chat with the teacher and administration.

[helosailor]

^^^ "Like"

[Forever_frost]

If it is done equally and historically, I dont' see an issue. When you start making kids take a test where you write "There is no god but Allah", then we come to an issue

[racrguy]

This fucking thread has my head spinning like a top.

OP, if this is really going on and not some made up stuff, contact the freedom from religion foundation, they can help.

[Slammy]

Yes it was posted by a long term friend of mine on FB. She said he kid goes to school at Shady Oaks in Hurst and this was in social studies class