And this is how its starts

[PHDPLEASE]

Below is a linkt to an atricle regarding the establishment of a "public" school in Minnesota...where the children study the Quran and perform ritual washing. The school has an interesting sponser...they are tied to CAIR (Counsel on Islamic Relations)...which has been linked MORE THAN ONCE to terrorist groups.

Again...this is a "public" school...funded by the taxpayers.

Read on, get pi$$ed off, and simmer down with a good ol' fashion American beer.

http://www.startribune.com/local/17406054.html

[Conveyor Belt]

I don't want any religion, Christian or Islamic being forced on kids. Cut the funding or change the leadership in the school.

[phmom]

I didn't read it b/c I really don't want to be pi$$ed off today.

[Bluesman]

I don't want any religion, Christian or Islamic being forced on kids. Cut the funding or change the leadership in the school.
100% totally agree. I would not want my child involuntarily indoctrined with any kind of "belief" education. IMO, if they were teaching Bible stories I would not object due to MY beliefs, BUT would due to the fact that it would open the floodgates for all others, of which I would disagree with. I understand that others would disagree with my beliefs just as I would theirs so the only FAIR thing to do would be not have any of it in the public schools. Another thing that baffles me is how they can get away with it when if it was a "Morman" school, or a "Jewish" school or a "Christian" school these same people would be outraged and the govt. would have already been involved. Why must we pander to certain groups and give others the third degree??? Why, especially when one of the groups we pander to is the group to which those that wish to destroy us belong?

[Fire Extinguisher]

Only private schools should teach any religion. Then its the parents choice. Thus the reason mine attends SH.

[PHDPLEASE]

I still can't believe that the ACLU hasn't stepped in here...they FREAK if someone says a prayer in a public school, and REALLY wig out if there is DIRECTED prayer...

Once again, different rules apply to...I can't finish this post without sounding like a bigot, so I'll end it here.

:smt009

[mspolitics82]

I still can't believe that the ACLU hasn't stepped in here...they FREAK if someone says a prayer in a public school, and REALLY wig out if there is DIRECTED prayer...

Once again, different rules apply to...I can't finish this post without sounding like a bigot, so I'll end it here.

:smt009



...........and if they do step in, it will be to "protect the rights/civil liberties" of the ones who run the school, saying EDUCATION is the issue.

[jmb]

This is so wrong. I don't care if it's Islam or Christianity. It's supposedly not allowed in public schools.

[PHDPLEASE]

Here are some updates regarding the said "public" school...

http://kstp.com/article/stories/S407036.shtml?cat=1

A Star Tribune newspaper column has prompted a state investigation into a charter school. A substitute teacher said a school in Inver Grove Heights is blurring the line of separation of church and state.
Being a charter school Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, or TIZA, is supported by tax dollars. The teacher told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the presence of religion she observed at the school took her by surprise.
TIZA Executive Director Azad Zaman insisted the school follows with state and federal laws.
"TIZA does not endorse any religion," he said.
However, TIZA Academy is sponsored by Islamic Relief USA, based in California.
The questions came after substitute teacher Amanda Getz taught at TIZA last month and told the Star Tribune about things she observed that day that shocked her.

"I've been in a lot of schools and I've never been in a school where they had washing rituals, or they had prayer, or where they had a room where you had to take your shoes off," Getz said.
"It is most likely that this substitute teacher was sadly mistaken," said Zaman.
He said the school follows state and federal guidelines when it comes to religion.
"We're required under the federal guidelines to allow students to pray when they wish to do so. And as Muslim students, they're allowed to pray around 1:30 p.m., so we allow them to do that," Zaman explained.
The State Department of Education said they would conduct more site visits and write to the State Department to find out more about the school’s sponsor.
TIZA requires all students to learn Arabic as a second language English, stating it’s important to know a second language.
State law requires the school to fly an American flag during school hours, however no flag flies outside of TIZA Academy.
Zaman told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS he didn’t know how to work the flagpole.