Outrage as high school recites Pledge in Arabic saying 'One Nation Under Allah'

[txradioguy]

Fury is brewing at Rocky Mountain High School, in Colorado, after a multicultural student group were encouraged to recite the Pledge of Allegiance over the loudspeaker in Arabic - replacing 'one nation under God' with 'one nation under Allah'.

 
Following Monday's pledge, Principal Tom Lopez has been inundated with complaints from outraged parents concerned that saying the Pledge in any language other than English is unpatriotic.

 
Standing by his controversial decision, Principal Lopez has said that despite the irate telephone calls and emails, he is not in any way or form trying to push an Islamic agenda at the Fort Collins school.

'These students love this country,' said Lopez to Fox News.

 
'They were not being un-American in trying to do this. They believed they were accentuating the meaning of the words as spoken regularly in English.'

 
At the school, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited once a week and on Monday, a member of the Cultural Arms Club at Rocky Mountain High School read out an Arabic version.


The pupils sought the permission of Principal Lopez, who previously had allowed the Pledge to be read out in French and Spanish.

 
However, the backlash began from students hours after the recital and has continued through the week as angry parents have waded into the controversy.

 
'We understand not everybody would agree with the students’ choice,' said Danielle Clark, communications director of the Poudre School District to Fox News.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2270944/Rocky-Mountain-High-School-Outrage-high-school-recites-Pledge-Arabic-saying-One-Nation-Under-Allah.html

[DefiantSix]

The first day my son's school pulled a stunt like this, he'd be going to class wearing one of these the very next day.

[CG6468]

At the school, the Pledge of Allegiance is recited once a week and on Monday, a member of the Cultural Arms Club at Rocky Mountain High School read out an Arabic version.

Once a wqeek? WTF? When I was in school we recited it every morning. It is so time-consuming.

Never mind - the kidlets are too busy learning from the muzzies to do anything else...

[tac]

Standing by his controversial decision, Principal Lopez has said that despite the irate telephone calls and emails, he is not in any way or form trying to push an Islamic agenda at the Fort Collins school.

'These students love this country,' said Lopez to Fox News.

 
'They were not being un-American in trying to do this. They believed they were accentuating the meaning of the words as spoken regularly in English.'

To be fair, why not have them read it in a different language every week? How about Yiddish,then Russian,followed by Chinese!

I'll wager that they probably could have used that time it took to learn to recite in Arabic could have been used for something more useful like improving their reading and math skills. Colorado has proficiency testing for all schools, and this high school is slightly above the state and district average in their 2010 scores. source

[DumbAss Tanker]

As I recall from the smattering of Arabic I once learned, like English, the word for (The) God is the same as the word for (A) god, and 'Allah' just means (The) God, any monotheist speaking Arabic would use the word unless their own religion has a unique made-up word for its own Big Guy.

[JohnnyReb]

As I recall from the smattering of Arabic I once learned, like English, the word for (The) God is the same as the word for (A) god, and 'Allah' just means (The) God, any monotheist speaking Arabic would use the word unless their own religion has a unique made-up word for its own Big Guy.

I read that Obama's childhood homeland, Indonesia, has a problem with Christians there using the word Allah.

Wonder if the principal will still not have a problem with that when they run through his school shooting and shouting Allah-At-The-Bar.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Allah-At-The-Bar.

I hope the cheap-ass sonofabitch is buying, for once.