As part of a 3-week unit on Islam, public school students in Byron, California, were given several assignments. The seventh-graders learned the beliefs of Islam and studied the important figures of the faith. To make it “hands on,” they were required to wear a robe, adopt a Muslim name and play a jihad game with dice. It gets better – they had to memorize many verses in the Koran, and were taught to pray “in the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful” and chanted, “Praise to Allah, Lord of Creation.”<\/p>\n
Christian parents complained the school doesn’t teach Christian prayers and beliefs like this. Jewish commentator Joanne Jacobs agrees. She says it’s because Byron school officials know that Christianity is a religion. They think Islam is merely an exotic culture, so it’s kosher to teach its practices and beliefs in school. It’s like celebrating Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n
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