All schools shut down in Augusta County, Virginia, over Islam homework

I would love to see what progressives would have to say if students were told to write in Latin calligraphy: "Jesus Christ is my lord and savior"... They would go bat(*)(*)(*)(*), the ACLU would get involved, the teacher would be fired and lawsuits would ensue...

 

Yes, and so what? The class wasn't being taught a religious belief; there wasn't an Imam standing in front of them, preaching.

 

May I recommend 'The 900 Days' by Harrison E. Salisbury. For any scholar of WW2 history this brilliant book is a must.

 

There is no "Latin calligraphy". Latin looks like this; 'sic transit gloria mundi'.

 

I really hope none of the students had any dollar bills on them...

 

Well, don't fret for us as you're safely ensconced in Europe where they use Euros.

 

No, I use the British Pound.

 

If one is a Christian, a Hindu, or even a Buddhist, forcing children to write that Allah is the one true God is an outrage.

Oh----I know. As long as religion is being brought back into the schools, the children can learn to make effigies of the 33 million Hindu gods. They can craft a god or goddess a day, every day. (I prefer Kali, myself.) The effigies would be true to form, meaning they would show the skimpy garb of the goddesses that are often portrayed naked from the waist up. ). Would the Muslims be OK with this?????????

Kali, the goddess of death.

The children can learn how to meditate in a Buddhist fashion too, and how to light incense when praying. Would that be OK with the Muslims?

There are definitely double-standards when it comes to Muslims. I'm not going for it!

 

Geography is about locations of places, not about religion or history. The lesson was an abomination in a country that touts its separation of church, mosque, synagogue--and all other forms of religion from the state. Schools are tax-payer funded, and should not be used to support or play favorites to one religion over another.

Concerning the separation of church and state: The founding fathers could not have imagined the country which they wrote laws for would be using those laws to enable Islam to spread in America. If they would have, they would have written, "the separation church and Islam . . . in their laws. They could not have imagined! They would turn over in their graves if they knew the Barbary Pirates were at the door of America.

 

Is it possible for you to stray any further into the realms of fantasy? Are you incapable of working out that this wasn't a religious lesson, it wasn't proselytising or forcing a belief system on anyone?
There are far more pressing issues deserving of your outrage than this non-event, frankly.

 

Yes, there are far more issues deserving of my outrage than this obviously Islamic religious lesson taught in schools; and one of those outrages is that you refuse to admit that having the children write, "There is only one god but Allah," is not an appropriate exercise in a country that separates religion from the tax-paying state.

 

I thought Obama made a deal with the nation: Syrian refugees in exchange for shielding the suburban kids from ISIS propaganda?

 

For goodness sake! Your comment is beyond stupid. This was neither a religious lesson nor an insidious attempt at Islamization-by-stealth (there's one that slipped past you!). This was not "obviously" anything but an exercise in calligraphy. If you want to fantasise about idiotic conspiracies there's an appropriate sub-forum you can indulge yourself in and join the 'Illuminati" moonbats.

 

And a swastika is not barred by the separation of church and state. Funny though... I am pretty sure this is a symbol... and why al-Qaeda uses it on their flag.

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An exercise in calligraphy where kids renounce their faith and the girls were invited to wear hijabs... you are so winning this argument.

 

You evidently know nothing about geography or the many related fields to the discipline. Here, educate yourself:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_and_geography

 

Another genius. Are all Americans as clever as you?

 

Had to cut off the last part of my quote I see. Hilarious. So....you still use the money you hate correct? and you still don't mind taking it when given to you right? You still use it despite your ideological objection right? ...LOL yeah....you do. Its called hypocrisy.

 

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/geography
noun, plural geographies.


1.

the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.


2.

the study of this science.


3.

the topographical features of a region, usually of the earth, sometimes of the planets.


4.

a book dealing with this science or study, as a textbook.


5.

the arrangement of features of any complex entity:
the geography of the mind.

Don't patronize me. I know what geography is. I took it in the seventh grade. We studied about the locations and terrains of places on the planets. Social aspects of the places we studied were not included. I just made a point about this school lesson NOT being a geography lesson. You didn't like it. This was a religious lesson disguised as an art lesson. The lesson violates the separation of religion and state. Period!

 

So, you would not have a problem with a reading teacher assigning modern translation of the New Testament. After all, it was just a reading assignment. Or how about a history teacher using the Old Testament to teach history. After all it's just a history lesson. Or more to the point, a writing lesson where the teacher has the students copy passages from the bible. After all, it's just a writing lesson.

In case you did not know, Arabic calligraphy predates Islam by a few centuries. So, I have no doubt that the school system could have found an example of Arabic calligraphy that is not (directly or roughly) translate to an Islamic expression of faith.

It is funny (not really) that liberal's idea of separation of church and state only seems to extend to Christians and Jews. As I stated previously, you have no desire to separate mosque and state.

 

First, I was not replying to the OP. I was replying to an individual that has cheered the government putting limitations of freedom of religion. Those limitations include when and where Christians can pray. The hypocrisy is that he is willing to accept a calligraphy lesson that is a testament of Islam. If you want to see where the hypocrisy is read my next response to him.

http://www.politicalforum.com/showthread.php?t=437228&page=20&p=1065666988&posted=1#post1065666988

 

What the (*)(*)(*)(*) does that have to do with anything?
You clearly didn't think this thru. What is it about public schools not being allowed to promote religion, that confuses you?

 

It doesn't matter. I know kissing Muslim ass has become quintessentially British these days, but public schools can't endorse religion because our seperation clause. Just ask any militant atheist or liberal, when some teacher or public school system tries to slip in Christian dogma into education, they go ape (*)(*)(*)(*). So why shouldn't the same standard be applied other religions?
If they would have done a Arab calligraphy assignment, that wasn't religiously related, hardly anyone would have raised a eyebrow, but it wasn't.

 

Some here think the people went too far and should get a grip. But they fail to remember the attempted murders over a drawing in a cartoon in TX. Now THAT was going too far. This thread is proof that the liberal mindset will twist and contort to support a religion that praises those who do violence for something as simple as drawing a cartoon. The good people of VA stood their ground, without violence, armed only with their voice. Liberalism is a sickness.

 

No, purposeful ignorance and bigotry are not postive values.

It seem that you would prefer that people live in ignorance and fear, not knowing even the first thing about the evil we confront, but readty to rant and rave about it and proclaim their total lack of knowledge.