Three States Forced 9th Graders to Write Muslim Loyalty Oath
"Ninth-graders at Riverheads High School were given assignment to copy the Islamic creed known as shahada during world geography class." Wait 'til you hear this. This is the UK Daily Mail as well. "A lesson in calligraphy has caused an uproar among some parents at a Virginia high school when students were instructed to write a Muslim statement of faith that read: 'There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.'" Students were mandated to write that.
"The incident took place on Friday during a world geography class at Riverheads High School in Staunton. The lesson of the day focused on world religions, among them Islam. As part of the assignment, social studies teacher Cheryl LaPorte had her ninth-grade students copy a piece of Arabic text known as the shahada, which is the most common Islamic creed.
Recitation of the shahada in public is the first formal step in conversion to Islam. However, according to school officials, the ninth-graders were not asked to translate the statement or read it aloud. Students were also shown copies of the Koran, and female students were invited to try on a scarf as part of a lesson about the Islamic concept of modest dress."
But over there in Kentucky they are canceling A Charlie Brown Christmas because you must read from the gospel of Luke. But over here in Virginia, ninth graders are given the assignment to copy the Islamic creed known as the shahada, which is, "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah." And doing this in public, the shahada, first formal step in conversion to Islam. Students were not asked to read it out loud yet, but that probably will come. One of the parents, Kimberly Herndon, accused the Riverhead social studies teacher Cheryl LaPorte of indoctrinating students into Islamic faith. School officials said that LaPorte's lesson was in line with the standards of learning in Virginia. Virginia now is the third state, in addition to Tennessee and Georgia, that has been caught instructing children to write the shahada, the conversion prayer to Islam, as part of the required course materials.
The ACJU -- that's the conservative alternative to the ACLU -- is suing to stop this and says that it is coming... Are you ready? You will not be surprised. The instruction for the students to read the Shahada and for female students to put on a scarf to learn what it is like to learn about modest dress -- the instruction, the mandate -- is coming from the federal Department of Education. The Regime. The Obama administration is requiring this. Or maybe it is more proper to say "suggesting" this.
So now, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia -- three states -- have been caught instructing children, ninth graders, to read the opening recitation that begins the conversion to Islam. Over here in Kentucky, Johnson County, they're censoring A Charlie Brown Christmas because there's Christianity in it. And people can't figure out why what's happening in the Republican presidential primary is happening?