'Five pillars of Islam' taught in public school
'Education practice wouldn't last 10 seconds if kids told to dress as
priests'
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Another school has been "teaching" Islam by having students study and
learn Muslim prayers and dress as Muslims, and a lawyer who argued a
previous dispute over this issue to the U.S. Supreme Court said such
methodologies wouldn't "last 10 seconds" if it were Christianity being
taught.
"Would it have been 'just cultural education' if students were in
simulated baptisms, wearing a crucifix, having taken the name of St.
John and with praise banners saying 'Praise be to Jesus Christ' on
classroom walls?" asked Edward White III, of the Thomas More Law
Center.
Supt. Don Grotting
His comments came after a new protest arose in Nyssa, Ore., where one
parent raised objections when the Islamic teachings came to light. The
district there, according to Supt. Don Grotting, is teaching a chapter
in a history textbook "Journey Across Time" that talks about "how
civilization has developed and some of the particular aspects of
Islam."
"We teach out of the book, and there are some supplemental class
activities," he told WND. "The kids do some skits, they could bring a
food from the region, you could build a prop that would have depicted
(something) maybe during that time period.
"If you wanted to you could dress up (as a Muslim) for extra credit,"
he said.
He said students also learned about the climate of the Middle East,
the food and everyday activities of Islam, and the geography and the
lay of the land.
Still another assignment was to learn the "five pillars" of Islam,
study Ramadan and listen to guest speakers including an American
Muslim who arrived dressed in her religious costume to talk to the
kids about her Quran.
"She relayed to the kids, if you're a Christian you have your Bible,
this is our Quran," Grotting said.
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Parent Kendalee Garner, however, objected to having her son being
taught Islam and also to the time the public school system spends on
the subject.
She told WND that her 13-year-old son is being "indoctrinated that
Islam is a religion of peace, and being dressed up as a Muslim, being
taught prayers, and scriptures out of the Quran."
"I just don't understand the ban on Christianity but Islam has free
rein," she said.
She said the guest speakers and skits and reports were wrong, but what
set her off was a class in which students in all three social studies
classes dressed in traditional Islamic outfits.
"The only reason I knew about it was because my son told me about it,"
she said. "They sent him to the library instead of stopping what they
were doing. I'm sure people would be outraged if they dressed up as
the pope."
That was White's point exactly.
If that's how teaching about religions is done, he said, "then teach
all religions in the same way, Christianity, Judaism. Have the kids
study Native American religions, do the dance, smoke the pipe. Have
the kids dress up as priests and hear confession."
He said when he suggests that, school managers and even judges get
that "panic-stricken" look.
He knows because he argued the same dispute up to the U.S. Supreme
Court after complaints of similar teachings in the Byron Union School
District in California.
As WND has reported that case was almost a duplicate. Teachers were
having students memorize Islamic prayers, wear Islamic dress and learn
to behave as a Muslim under the guise of studying history.
Some parents objected and their resulting lawsuit was turned back by
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals where the opinion called it
"cultural education."
The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to intervene, but lawyers
note that's not necessarily an endorsement of the court; it just means
the justices will not review the dispute at this point.
White said he actually challenged the 9th Circuit to write its
instructions in a detailed opinion, so schools would know exactly
what's required. However, he said the court brushed him off with a
three-paragraph ruling that essentially boils down to one district
judge saying it's okay in one school district.
"Why is it okay to teach Islam? Unless there's an exception in the
Establishment Clause, which says you cannot teach religion in schools
unless it's Islam," he said. "I haven't seen it."
Grotting said the course has been taught for several years, and comes
mandated by the state under a set of required standards – called
Benchmark 3 – that students must reach each year.
Grotting acknowledged to WND that textbooks do "take a slant" on some
issues, because publishers "are wanting to sell a textbook that is
meeting the needs of the state and federal mandates."
"I believe we're not here to promote or advocate either religion or
politics," social studies teacher Jim Casad told the Ontario, Ore.,
Argus Observer. "However, we do have an obligation to inform students
of what is going on in our world today and how history and culture
have affected that world."
In the California case, school officials also blamed the "possible
cant" of the textbook and said the Islamic studies were being taught
because of state mandates.
"It is imperative that our instruction includes an understanding of
and insight into all cultures and a tolerance for the diversity found
in the world," said Peggy Green, the Byron Union School District
superintendent, at that time.
A review online of information from the text shows that it teaches
Christianity spread because "it gave meaning to peoples' lives,
appealed to their emotions and promised happiness after death."
Its description also focuses on Christians' conflicts with Rome (when
they were fed to lions), and splits between Christians following Roman
teachings and those following the teachings of Constantine.
However, the article praises how the Muslims founded the system for
banking, created important centers for learning, government and the
arts, how they ran "government, society and business" and made
valuable contributions in math, science and the arts.
The text also credits Muslims with inventing algebra and chemistry as
well as creating beautiful buildings, citing the Taj Mahal, although
the text does not mention that that is a tomb.
There's also no mention of the Quranic instruction that Muslims must
behead infidels, or nonbelievers.
One blogger said Christians should think strategically on such
issues.
"Cases like this present Christians with a golden opportunity to
introduce elements of religious teaching back into the state
curriculum by using the left's double standard towards Islam against
it," said one commentator. "Now that this case is on the books in the
Ninth Circuit as precedent, expect Christian immersion classes to
follow."
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And the ACLU would be screaming their heads off and filing lawsuits as
fast as their little fingers could type.
No Islamic state practices democracy. Sure they
pay lip service to it, but infidels have few to no
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'Five pillars of Islam' taught in public school
'Education practice wouldn't last 10 seconds if kids told to dress as
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"Frank Arthur" <A...@Arthurian.com> wrote in message
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Being called crazy by a muslim pig is a compliment.
Marxists were murderous lowlifes but they said religion is the opium
of the people. There obviously is some truth to that. Enemies often
have some truth in their arguments. On top of the opium there is the
Jewish propaganda started by Scofield.
Christians are great for telling what some of the problems are, such
as homosexual perversion, feminism etc. But to actually solve these
problems one should look elsewhere. Who do Christians hate the most,
first Hitler and then the Muslims. These are the two who actually
solved the problems that Christians are famous for speaking against.
Maybe the Muslims go a little overboard but they are the opposite of
liberalism. There is no way that "Brokeback Mountain" would be shown
in a Muslim country.
http://www.ihr.org/ http://www.natvan.com
I've never seen the movie nor plan on ever seeing it. If
it's not Jesus Christ related, it's not my cup of tea...
you on the other hand have a fixation on it, are you
sure you're not running that movie on your DVD and
watching it over and over; whatta sicko you are.
"Snigiro" <Kcaj...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:4169df9a-c18f-4500...@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com...
Another one of these presumptuous Crazies. Muslims under me bed momma
sniff sniff, shite for brain moron.
Correction, not another one, it's the same crazy who was given free
advice earlier.
* US *, when were you indoctrinated into the Islamist "faith"?
John 20:19 "the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled
for fear of the Jews"
2 Co 11:24 "Of the Jews five times recieved I forty stripes save
one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned"
Mathew 27: 20+25 "But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the
multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus...then
answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our
children."
Acts 25:24 "ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews
have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem and also here, crying that he
ought not to live any longer."
John 8:42,44,48 "Jesus said unto them...Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from
the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth
in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it...Then answered the Jews..."
From Concerned Women From America
by Beverly LaHaye
Dear Concerned American,
What I am about to tell you in this letter is so outrageous you may
find it hard to believe. I was astounded myself. I could not believe
that our nation had fallen so far. But the reports here are true. I
have warned many times that our children are under attack. Now I'm
writing to sound the alarm that the situation is even worse than I
thought. I'll tell you more details in a moment, but here's just a
sample of what I've discovered:
Cross-dressing promoted to grade-school children Graphic instruction
in "gay" sex taught to teenage boys and girls Armed guards posted to
keep parents out of high school assemblies led by radical homosexual
activists A book - published by a taxpayer-funded university - that
endorses sex between children and adults!
I've warned about this for many years. Now the evidence is beyond
dispute: there is an evil scheme aimed at destroying our children. The
attack comes on many fronts. It aims to expose children to sex at
earlier and earlier ages... to rob them of their innocence and open
them up to immoral and unhealthy practices... to set them up to accept
messages of
"safe sex" and homosexuality... to usher them into becoming advocates
for - and ultimately participants in - sexual promiscuity, sodomy,
bisexuality, and transgenderism.
These reports confirm my worst fears about this scheme. The time is
short! Radical homosexual activists have long said, "Whoever controls
the schools, controls the future." If they can convince the next
generation that homosexuality is "just another lifestyle," there will
be no stopping them. Even more chilling: If they can lure a whole
generation of young people to explore "alternative" sexual behavior...
to discover their "gay side"...
they will have a whole new generation of young, willing sex partners.
Their first step is to promote gender confusion. Nothing I have ever
seen promises to confuse kids more than a lesson guide obtained and
given to me by one of the researchers here at CWA.
GRADE SCHOOL LESSON PROMOTES CROSS-DRESSING The Gay, Lesbian, and
Straight Education Network, also known as "GLSEN, is pushing a
grade-school curriculum book that promotes cross-dressing. This book
was created by a homosexual parents group at the Buena Vista
Elementary School in San Francisco. It includes a lesson based on a
children's book titled "Jesse's Dream Skirt."
As incredible as it sounds, this is real! The story is about a young
boy named Jesse who likes trying on his mother's dresses, and dreams
of a skirt "that whirled, twirled, flowed and glowed, and felt soft
inside." Jesse's mom helps him make a skirt, and he wears it to
daycare, where his classmates make fun of him. The daycare teacher,
Bruce, gathers the
children together and says, "Jesse loves his skirt. Why are some of
you making fun of him?" A girl says, "Well, I wear pants. Why can't
Jesse wear a skirt?"
A boy, Mike, says that one day his mother let him dress up in her old
dresses and hats. "It was a lot of fun," he said, until his father
came in and yelled at him, saying, "Take off that dress, I don't want
my son to be a sissy!" Mike told his daycare classmates, "I don't
know, - I still don't see what was wrong with it." The children and
their teacher discuss the issue and most of the children end up liking
Jesse's skirt. Some even start making dresses themselves. The book
ends with Jesse twirling around in his "dream skirt," with his
boy-style underwear showing. The companion lesson plan says the "key
message" of "Jesse's Dream Skirt" is: "Respect means keeping our minds
open. Having open minds means giving people freedom to be who they
want to be." I don't know what's worse: encouraging boys to wear
dresses, or the negative portrayal of Mike's father. Children who
study "Jesse's Dream Skirt" are getting the message that their
parents' view of morality cannot be trusted. Lest you think this sort
of insanity is restricted to California, take a loot at this next
report, straight from the Midwest. Armed Security Guard Ejects Mother
of Student from School Assembly on Homosexuality
This really made me angry when I heard about it! The incident took
place in St. Louis, Missouri last year just after school had started
for fall. Debra Loveless, whose daughter attends Metro High School,
heard that GLESEN was conducting a school-sponsored assembly. Loveless
had told school officials that she considered the event inappropriate.
When she tried to view it for herself, she was escorted out of the
assembly by an armed security guard. (Just for wanting to view it!)
Can you believe the arrogance of those school administrators! We may
never know all of what those dear young people were exposed to during
that assembly. But if GLSEN's past performance is any indication, the
material was corrupting an destructive. GLESEN has produced some of
the most foul "educational" material in the dishonorable history of
sex education. Two years ago, CWA uncovered a pornographic teaching
session conducted in Massachusetts by GLSEN. During that workshop,
homosexual instructors indoctrinated children as young
as 14 years old. The children heard detailed descriptions of
perverted sex acts, including the dangerous practice known in
homosexual slang as "fisting." After it was exposed, that session
sparked outrage across the nation. It was such a scandal that it
became known as "Fistgate." GLSEN leaders responded by becoming much
more secretive. Apparently this has led them to keep parents out of
their workshops like the one in St. Louis.
So it has come to this. Our tax dollars foot the bill for homosexual
propaganda to poison our children's minds and defile their hearts.
And when parents want to find out what's going on, they get thrown out
of public schools by armed guards! It's time for parents and
grandparents to stand up and fight to protect our children. We can't
think that just because it hasn't happened in our school yet that it
never will! The radical homosexual activists won't stop with just the
California schools. They won't stop with just the big city
schools. They won't stop until they have reached every school in the
nation.
DANGEROUS NEW BOOK PROVIDES ACADEMIC "COVER" FOR PEDOPHILES AND CHILD
MOLESTERS
The University of Minnesota Press has just published Judith Levine's
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex. This
book includes such outrageous statements as, "Sex is not harmful to
children... There are many ways even the smallesst children can
partake of it."
On another page, the author gushes over a "lush and mysterious" photo
of a "naked 3- or 4-year-old." Quoting a variety of pedophiles,
Levine says children are not necessarily harmed by sex with adults.
She also advocates that America adopt a law like Holland's that
legalizes sex between adults and children as young as 12! It's
unbelievable, but this book is defended by the liberal media elite.
I'm shocked and heartbroken. But we should not be surprised.
America's standards of sexual morality have been belittled as
"taboos," and been worn down step by step. Today, almost nothing is
off limits. Sex between adults and children is just the next barrier
to be torn down. How long will it take these radical activists to
achieve their next evil objective? Our grade-school children are
already being taught that cross-dressing is just wonderful
self-expression. Graphic details of perverted sex practices are
already being taught to high school children, and parents are being
locked out of assemblies taught by radical homosexual activists. We
must - and we can - stop this. NOW! I grieve for our children and
grandchildren. And I fear for our nation if we do not stand up to
this assault of immorality and defeat it...
I've learned that GLSEN now boasts a budget of 3.5 million and a
membership of more than 1,200 homosexual-activist educators. Their
mission is to promote homosexuality and gender confusion in the
schools under any guise that works.
>On Jun 13, 3:01 am, "ŻDougŚÇ" <noün...@now.com> wrote:
>> "SKD" <she...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:a811e8c6-1ed1-4e5b...@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>> > Just given some sound advice and look at what the next one does. These
>> > crazies can't be reasoned with.
>>
>> Being called crazy ...
>
>Another one of these presumptuous Crazies. Muslims under me bed momma
>sniff sniff, shite for brain moron.
Exactly.
He's so crazy he invariably assumes that non-Muslims must be Muslims.
""There are some people, who give a negative image of Muslims in Europe for malicious
goals to demonize and tarnish Islam," bishop Michel LeLong, the founder of the
Islam-Christian Dialogue Department at the French Catholic Church ...
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the president of the US largest Jewish movement in the US, has accused
US media and politicians of demonizing Islam ..."
"SKD" <she...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:479cf41f-293e-4d2f...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
>...presumptuous Crazies...
You imagine Muslims even when there are none,
and can't understand any of the real ones anyway.
Any other group would at least try and explain why
their favorit "book" promises "72 virgins", ect and why
these promises are materialistic and of the flesh. All
you want to do is shut information up.
What God really promises us is that we will be in heaven
forever with Him. Being with Him is the reward, get it;
Not things of the flesh as you are promised, that is not
of God.
Think about, for your own good.
>... "72 virgins", ect [sic] ...
You've merely swallowed yet another lie, bushfilth.
http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/debunking-the-suicide-for-72-virgins-myth/
See also:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/011214.html
Poor Salma Jihadist aka * US *,
can't stay on subject. So tell us Salma
what about the "5 pillars of Islam taught in publics schools?
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Supt. Don Grotting
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"Snigiro" <Kcaj...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It might work for some and worth the try.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/15/daveed.godswarriors/index.html
>
> "Snigiro" <Kcajy...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>"Think"? ...
You're not expected to know anything about that, either, bushfilth.
Your masters rely on your inability to think.
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:19:30 -0700 (PDT), Snittyho<kcaj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>can't stay on subject...
The subject is that you're a lying pawn for satanic criminals.
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:37:25 -0700 (PDT), Snigiro <Kcaj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>... "72 virgins", ect [sic] ...
You've merely swallowed yet another lie, bushfilth.
http://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/debunking-the-suicide-for-72-virgins-myth/
See also:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/011214.html
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:55:08 -0700, "Drooling.Dimwitted.Dubyite" <nob...@neo.con> wrote:
"a subculture of degenerates who participate in child pornography,
snuff films, drugs, devil worship, brainwashing and kidnapping..."
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/goschgannohuntertrublingtale05apr05.shtml
>can't stay on subject...
The subject is that you're a lying pawn for satanic criminals.
On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:37:25 -0700 (PDT), Snigiro <Kcaj...@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:36:13 -0700, "Drooling.Dimwit.Dubyite" <nob...@neo.con> wrote:
>"Think"? ...
You're not expected to know anything about that, either, bushfilth.
Your masters rely on your inability to think.