Goofy. I get the idea of teaching about various religions. Understanding that an adherents believe "allah is the one true god" and "the five pillars" is ok, if it is taught in the light of these are the beliefs of islam. They should (and perhaps do) cover hindu, buddisim and christianity as well...and perhaps they do. The article does not cover the complete syllabus.
When I was in high school, Florida required Comparative Political Systems, where they taught us about communism vs capitalism and socialism. This was pretty good, but the intention was clear. Sounds like this islam class is less well rounded.
Totally agree with what is said in the article about the reaction of doing the same with christianity.
This is virtually identical to reverse ethnic discrimination ( e.g. a negative comment about a white person vs a negative comment about a black person). Consider noting a negative fact like: 15% of the population is black and they commit 50% of the crime, while the minority Asians are the highest earning ethnic group. Compared with: Those rednecks are just fat and dumb. Who else would watch car racing where they just drive left in a circle or listen to music about your dog getting hit by a pickup?
The first one can cause a riot, or at least an argument about how unfair life is. The second will largely get a smile from the same people.
The parents interviewed are pulling their son out of that class. How about out of that school instead? As long as the kid is in a seat for the rest of the day the school still gets it's federal funds. Edited to fix typo.
I protest against the picture showing women's faces. This is disrespectful to Holy Islam. Further, it appears to be a male who is assaulting three of the women by hanging his arms around them.
Let there be jihad against the washingtonweeklynews.
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When I was in high school, Florida required Comparative Political Systems, where they taught us about communism vs capitalism and socialism. This was pretty good, but the intention was clear. Sounds like this islam class is less well rounded.
Totally agree with what is said in the article about the reaction of doing the same with christianity.
Another article, slightly more comprehensive:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/...
This is virtually identical to reverse ethnic discrimination ( e.g. a negative comment about a white person vs a negative comment about a black person).
Consider noting a negative fact like:
15% of the population is black and they commit 50% of the crime, while the minority Asians are the highest earning ethnic group.
Compared with:
Those rednecks are just fat and dumb. Who else would watch car racing where they just drive left in a circle or listen to music about your dog getting hit by a pickup?
The first one can cause a riot, or at least an argument about how unfair life is. The second will largely get a smile from the same people.
What's next? Rewriting the Pledge of Allegiance to say "One world, under Allah" instead of "One nation under God"?
~Sigh~
This is disrespectful to Holy Islam.
Further, it appears to be a male who is assaulting three of the women by hanging his arms around them.
Let there be jihad against the washingtonweeklynews.