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| Virginia county closes schools as Islam assignment prompts backlash |
| 2015-12-19 |
| [REUTERS] Schools in a Virginia county closed on Friday as a safety precaution after a class assignment asking students to practice Arabic calligraphy using a Muslim statement of faith sparked an angry outcry from parents and threats against school officials. Augusta County Public Schools officials said no specific threat had been made against students, but some calls and emails received by the district posed a risk of harm to school officials. The outcry appeared to reflect anxiety and distrust of Muslims among some Americans following a Dec. 2 shooting that killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,, by a married couple inspired by Lion of Islam Islamism and attacks in Gay Paree by Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... gunnies on Nov. 13 that killed 130 people. Some messages to the Virginia school district contained profane and graphic content, including a call to behead the teacher who gave the assignment, Augusta County Sheriff Randy Fisher said. Others threatened large protests on or near school property in the district, located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley about 150 miles (240 km) southwest of Washington, officials said. The Arabic text, according to the News Leader newspaper, translated as "There is no God but Allah, and Mohammad is the messenger of Allah." The catch is, once you say it, even by mistake or under coercion, you're a Moslem, and if you decide to become something else you have to be killed. Some parents have accused the teacher, Cheryl LaPorte, of trying to indoctrinate students with Islam and are calling for her to be fired. "I do not trust her to teach my son and regardless of the outcome he will not sit in her classroom," mother Kimberly Herndon said in a Facebook post that has been shared more than 300 times. The district decided to begin the school system's winter break early and canceled extracurricular activities this weekend for the district's 10,000 students, Superintendent Eric Bond said in a statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Mohammedans' whole enchilada: Delusional "Prophet's" your dada! This Muslim megillah Eschews tasty filler For two-faced, misleading Shahadah. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-12-19 18:58 |
| #11 ...or having them memorize and then recite the Nicene Creed. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-19 16:01 |
| #10 At least the teacher wasn't having them write something hateful like "Jesus is Lord" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-12-19 15:05 |
| #9 For your amusement, |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-19 13:41 |
| #8 The outcry appeared to reflect anxiety and distrust of Muslims among some Americans An editorial comment by the news writer to emphasize that any American objecting to what happened is racis, Islamaphobic, mentally ill, backward, etc. I see the outcry as an explosive reaction from parents who, however dimly, see this as pushing the goodness / graciousness of Islam on their children in a crude attempt at brainwashing and as a attack on American traditions and culture. The only way the teacher/propagandist could have made that goal more obvious would be to have the students practice calligraphy for the Arabic and Farsi slogans of "Death to America". By the way "almawt li'amrika" is on the Houthi flag in Yemen, in Arabic of course.  |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-19 13:33 |
| #7 "Vote for us, we're Morons!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-12-19 13:27 |
| #6 "thing about their flag" from what I've read about IS/Daesh, the very crude calligraphy used on their flag was done deliberately and is part of their recruiting campaign to emphasize the Caliphate's down-to-earth approach to JIHAD. Many other Islamic nations have the equivalent on their flags, but done with excellent calligraphy. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-19 13:17 |
| #5 Deacon, no God is not back in the classroom. That would be illegal. Allah on the other hand ... |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-12-19 13:01 |
| #4 So, God is now back in the classroom? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-12-19 12:25 |
| #3 The only charming thing about their flag is that it was clearly drawn by a toddler in crayon So, one of the teachers? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2015-12-19 12:20 |
| #2 The only charming thing about their flag is that it was clearly drawn by a toddler in crayon. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-12-19 10:27 |
#1 Isn't that the exact same text that's on the IS flag? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-12-19 01:13 |