Islamic indoctrination in public school is occurring right
here in our backyard. As we previously reported, the core tenets of Islam are being
taught in public schools in a way that could violate the U.S. Constitution.
Other religions, such as Christianity, are barely covered. Recently, reports
out of Georgia paralleled what has happened in Florida, Wisconsin, and
Tennessee.
Georgia schools are required
by the Georgia Department of Education to teach about Islam. For example, the Georgia Performance Standards mandate that students be able to
“Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southwest Asia (Middle East):
Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.” Much like other states, the Georgia
Department of Education sets state-wide education standards and the local
schools decide the curriculum. Local schools in Georgia, however, are
reportedly adopting curriculums that appear aimed at indoctrinating—rather than
educating—students.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported
on one local middle school that is taking their curriculum too far. The AJC reports:
“It is important that students understand the differences
between each of these religions to help them understand the tensions that exist
in the region,” the state standards, known as the Georgia Performance Standards,
say.
In Walton County, that manifested itself in a homework
assignment one parent found objectionable: “Allah is the [blank] worshiped by
Jews & Christians,” the document said. The child filled in the blank with “same God.”
This is outrageous. State education standards require
education on Islam, not indoctrination
into the religion. Rather than explain the history of world religions, schools
are reportedly forcing students to learn the Five Pillars of Islam—the creed
one must learn to convert—and teaching students that Allah is the same God worshipped by
Christians.
Unfortunately, this practice has been happening in schools
for years. A spokeswoman for Walton County Public Schools stated
that
“We are teaching the same stuff that everyone else is
teaching,” she said, adding that the district hasn’t changed its curriculum on
the topic in nine years. Her son, a senior in high school, told her he
remembers doing a quiz along the lines of the Allah is the “same God” back when
he was in seventh grade.
Parents are understandably outraged. As one frustrated
parent told the local news,
“We are seeing one page, five statements of Christian faith and 5 or 10 pages
of Islamic faith, so there is no accountability to make sure it is equal.”
Something needs to be done. We at the ACLJ are working hard
to investigate, expose, and end these unconstitutional practices, and are
committed to fighting for the constitutionally protected rights of all public
school students. We continue to receive contact from concerned parents and
citizens. We are working directly with our clients—parents of students in
local schools—and preparing to send out demand letters to these schools if
necessary. Moreover, we recently sent open records requests to every school district in Tennessee to find out exactly
what is being taught in our schools.
The ACLJ will not stop until our students’ constitutionally
protected rights have been restored.
To learn more about Shari’ah law’s threat to our
constitutional freedoms, please see our booklet
Shari’ah Law: Radical Islam’s
Threat to the U.S. Constitution.
Sign the Petition to stop Islamic indoctrination in Georgia
Public Schools at:
http://aclj.org/establishment-clause/stop-islamic-indoctrination-in-school
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