THE APPLICATION

Many parents of California Public Schools’ 7^th grade students were outraged when they discovered what is being taught to their children.  Christian students are not allowed to wear crosses or speak the name of Jesus.  At the same time, growing numbers of Public Schools are subjecting those same children to an intensive course on Islam. This course mandates far more than routine information.  It includes formation tactics.  The students not only learn about Islam, they are required to memorize verses from the Quran, learn the Five Pillars of the Islamic Faith, study the important figures of Islam’s history, wear traditional Muslim clothing, take a Muslim name and stage their own Jihad.

In addition, the students are required to kneel in Muslim fashion paying homage to Allah.  They are instructed to pray “in the name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful,” and to chant, “Praise be to Allah, Lord of Creation.”

All of this is occurring without parental consent in our Public Schools that are funded by our tax-dollars.  The complaints of outraged parents to school principles were ignored, “We could never teach Christianity like this,” said one parent. “We can’t even mention the name of Jesus in Public Schools, but they teach Islam as a true religion, and students are taught about Islam and how to pray to Allah.”

Impressionable students who were asked about this course felt that “it was fun.”  Others described Islam as a “pretty culture.” A pastor’s son said, “The Jihad was like playing a video game.”   Of course, the true violent side of Jihad was well concealed from students.

The course encourages schools and teachers to use their imaginations about what and how they teach students about Islam.  A teacher at Royal Oak Intermediate School, Covina, California, decided to take advantage of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan by asking his students to participate in the Muslim fast.  Students were to write a half a page summary of their experience as an extra credit assignment for his world history class.  In a letter to parents in November 2003, the teacher justified his actions.  He cited that it was merely a way “to promote a greater understanding and empathy towards the Muslim religion and toward other cultures.”  The letter continues, “I am encouraging students to participate in an extra credit assignment.  Students may choose to fast for one, two or three days.  During this time, students may only drink water during daylight hours.”

The letter angered many parents.  About 500 Christians, gathered outside of the school on November 24, 2003, to protest the teacher’s assignment.

In a damage control effort, the superintendent of the school said that the teacher meant only to promote empathy with Muslims, not with Islam.  However, students learn and adopt what they hear, read and practice.  They cannot be expected to know what the teacher supposedly had in mind.

This is not academia; it is propaganda and a clear attempt to engrave Islam in the minds of our young children.  Muslims are not even trying to hide it.  Omar M. Ahmed, chairman of the board of CAIR, Council on American-Islamic Relations, said at the Flamingo Palace banquet hall, “I urge Muslims not to shirk their duty of sharing the Islamic faith with those who are on the ‘wrong-side.’”  He added, “If you choose to live here, you have a responsibility to deliver the message of Islam…Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Quran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth.” (See: San Ramon Valley Herald, July 4, 1998)

Well, it’s not only Muslim activists who are doing exactly that.  Our naïve Public Schools Officials are utilizing tax-payers’ money, against tax-payers’ best interest, to help Islam achieve its goals.

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