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9th Circuit Court give schools an Islamic enema
As we approach the Christmas season, keep an eye out for how the entire season has been sanitized to remove any public mention of the word “Christmas.” It’s been changed to be “Season’s Greetings” or “Happy Holidays.” Companies, deathly afraid of lawsuits or negative publicity, have changed their corportate Christmas parties to be called “holiday parties” or “end of year parties.” Many even censor themselves in their advertising – it’s getting to the point that even Christmas trees and Santa Claus (both of which are NOT Christian icons) are being removed from the public lexicon.
Yes, according to them we can’t have Christianity in public, or tolerated by the government in any way.
But Islam; well that’s just dandy!
Accordingly, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (a bastion of Liberal thought if ever there was one), has issued a ruling allowing a public school to indoctrinate students in Islamic religion.
A Contra Costa County school was educating seventh-graders about Islam, not indoctrinating them, in role-playing sessions in which students used Muslim names and recited language from prayers, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit by two Christian students and their parents, who accused the Byron Union School District of unconstitutionally endorsing a religious practice.
“The Islam program activities were not overt religious exercises that raise Establishment Clause concerns,” the three-judge panel said, referring to the First Amendment ban on government sanctioning a religion.
During the history course at Excelsior School in the fall of 2001, the teacher, using an instructional guide, told the students they would adopt roles as Muslims for three weeks to help them learn what Muslims believe.
She encouraged them to use Muslim names, recited prayers in class and made them give up something for a day, such as television or candy, to simulate fasting during Ramadan. The final exam asked students for a critique of elements of Muslim culture.
U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled in favor of the school district in 2003, saying that the class had an instructional purpose and that students had engaged in no actual religious exercises.
The appeals court upheld her ruling Thursday in a three-paragraph decision that was not published as a precedent for future cases, which generally is an indication that the court considers the legal issue to be clear from past rulings.
The court cited its 1994 ruling rejecting a suit by evangelical Christian parents in Woodland (Yolo County) who objected to elementary school children reading texts that contained tales and role-playing exercises about witches. In that case, the court said classroom activities related to the texts, which included casting a make-believe spell, were secular instruction rather than religious rituals.
The brevity of Thursday’s ruling “underscores the fact that what the district and its teachers did was entirely within the mainstream of educational practice,” said Linda Lye, attorney for the Byron schools.
Edward White of the Thomas More Center, the attorney in the case for the two children and their parents, said he will ask the full appeals court for a rehearing. He said the panel failed to address his argument that the district violated parents’ rights.
“What happened in this classroom was clearly an endorsement of religion and indoctrination of children in the Islamic religion, which would never have stood if it were a class on Christianity or Judaism,” White said.
*9th Circuit Court judges pat the heads of Christian parents* “Nice dhimmis, nice little dhimmis. You behave and go on home now. We’ll do the thinking for you.”
You can even see images of the actual course material over at Michelle Malkin‘s blog.
So I guess we’re gonna have the go-ahead now to teach Judaism and Christianity in class? And we’re gonna stop all this nonsense about “holiday break” or “winter break” and go back to calling it Christmas? Ya know, since it’s within the “mainstream of educational practice.”
It’s one thing to teach about religion. But what the Contra Costa school did was beyond the pale. The Malcontent said it best:
There is a fine line between introducing religious instruction in public schools and simply teaching our children about world culture in various social studies courses. Reading the instructional materials involved in these courses over at Michelle Malkin, this crosses the line, re-crosses it, then crosses it again for good measure.
But these three Liberal judges want us all to believe that it’s perfectly acceptable. At least when it comes to any non-Judeo-Christian religion.
These aren’t the droids you are looking for. You can go about your business. Move along.
(h/t: My Pet Jawa, Stop The ACLU, The Cassandra Page)
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UPDATE: It seems the Liberal trio of judges on the 9th Circuit Court may be unwittingly helping a much larger Islamic effort (I say “unwittingly” to give them the benefit of the doubt, even though they don’t deserve it). Little Green Footballs posted a link to an article by Daniel Pipes which lays out the goals of what appears to be a new effort to spread Islam at all levels of American schools.
Not only do Islamists want to censor the handling of Islamic topics at U.S. universities, as I noted in “Islamists Police the Classroom [at the University of South Florida],” but they also wish to do the same at grammar schools. More ominously yet, they wish to transform public schools at all levels into venues for spreading Islam.
An undated posting at www.SoundVision.com posts a page titled “18 Tips for Imams and Community Leaders.” The 15th tip, “Establish a parents’ committee to monitor public schools,” has special interest. It starts by asking if the local public school is teaching 10-year-olds that Muslims are terrorists and misogynists? If so, parents are advised to set up a committee “to monitor public school curriculum and developments” and arrange for Muslims to deliver talks about Islam and Muslims. For instance, as Ramadan approaches, a parent should explain the holiday to the school or in a social studies class. When a high-profile “incident of terrorism where Muslims are the perpetrators” takes place, the committee should ask to discuss Islam and terrorism. More broadly, the committee should lobby on behalf of Muslim concerns.
Another website points to a far deeper agenda, that of da‘wa, or using taxpayer-funded schools to proselytize for Islam. www.DawaNet.com‘s goals are summed up by an article it hosts: “How to Make America an Islamic Nation.” But what concerns us is a page, “Dawa in public schools,” that portrays public schools as “fertile grounds where the seeds of Islam can be sowed inside the hearts of non-Muslim students. Muslim students should take ample advantage of this opportunity and present to their schoolmates the beautiful beliefs of Islam.” This, the website asserts, is best achieved through both direct and indirect steps. Direct means overt da‘wa:
- Host Islamic exhibitions.
- Start an Islamic newsletter.
- Set up “Dawa tables” offering Islamic literature.
- Carry “Dawa flyers” from the Islamic Circle of North America and pass them out to non-Muslims.
- Place advertisements in the school paper with a toll-free telephone number for non-Muslims to call to learn more about Islam.
- Establish one-to-one contacts with non-Muslim students (along gender lines: “It is advised that brothers work with non-Muslim boys and sisters work with non-Muslim girls”).
Indirect partially means creating a good image for Islam:
- Found Muslim groups that portray Islam “in a positive way,” such as a Muslim Students Association, Islamic Circle, or Quran Study Group.
- Engage in “simple actions that reflect living Islam,” such as saying “Insha Allah” (God willing), praying, and wearing Islamic-style clothing.
- Take advantage of disasters to set up a disaster relief assistance booth to give “a very positive picture of Islam and Muslims.”
Or indirect means increasing consciousness of Islam:
- Make use of the school newspaper: “Being a writer will give you ample opportunity to provide Islamically oriented articles which will Insha Allah [if God wishes] open the hearts and minds of readers.” Ideally, an article on Islam should appear in each issue. If the school does not allow overt preaching, “Alhamdu lillah, there are ways to circumvent this problem,” such as reporting on Islamic events or writing about Islamic holidays. “This way, you are still presenting an aspect of Islam without coming across as a preacher.” DawaNet.com also coyly instructs its adepts “to have a good rapport with the editor and the writing staff of the paper.”
- Lobby to include Islamic dates on the school calendar.
- Add books and magazines on Islam written by Muslims to the school library; if the library does not purchase them, raise the money to donate them.
- Incorporate Islam into class projects. [emphasis added] For example, “for a speech class, if there is freedom to choose a topic, an Islamic topic should be selected. Similar opportunities can be created in history, social science, writing and other classes.”
DawaNet.com concludes by reminding Muslims that the will of Allah, faith, and Muslim creativity combined to win victories in the past and can again in the future:
Schools and campuses are no exceptions as places where Islam can be victorious. [emphasis added]
We should use every opportunity to sensitize non-Muslim peers and school staff to Islam and to establish an environment in which everywhere a non-Muslim turns, he notices Islam portrayed in a positive way, is influenced by it and eventually accepts Islam.
They kinda left out the part where they behead infidels who don’t eventually accept Islam.
We shouldn’t get upset about this Muslim effort to proselytize our kids, right? After all, Islam is a religion of peace.
Posted by FullMetalPatriot
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
12th gen. American, Constitutionalist, Harley-riding Texan, gun owner & NRA member, blogger, illustrator, Florida Gator alumnus. #TCOT
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