Star Member 47of74 (10,919 posts)
Schools Closed in Virginia District After Uproar Over Arabic Calligraphy Lesson
Source: NECN
A central Virginia school district has cancelled classes Friday after concerns over the "tone and content" of calls and emails received about a lesson in Arabic calligraphy.
Augusta County Public Schools, near Staunton in central Virginia, will be closed after the district received "voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside the area" about a high school World Geography class lesson, the district announced Thursday evening.
In a lesson Friday on the Middle East, students were presented with an Islamic statement of faith written in Arabic calligraphy, superintendent Eric Bond told The News Leader.
"The students were presented with the statement to demonstrate the complex artistry of the written language used in the Middle East, and were asked to attempt to copy it in order to give the students an idea of the artistic complexity of the calligraphy," a statement Bond gave the paper said.
Read more: http://www.necn.com/news/national-international/Schools-Closed-in-Virginia-District-After-Uproar-Over-Arabic-Calligraphy-Lesson-362874551.html
Jesus. Can't have people learning about other cultures/religions/etc now, can we?
Star Member BlueJazz (24,678 posts)
1. Christ! We're not going to die from global warming or Isis or whatever. We'll die from stupidity
840high (9,999 posts)
11. I would not want my child
writing that Allah is great.
Star Member starroute (12,701 posts)
26. Why not?
Here's one example. What harm do you think it would do your child to attempt to copy out those elaborate brushstrokes?
Star Member yeoman6987 (10,021 posts)
27. Would you want your kids to write Jesus Christ is the one true God in a public school?
I would not want my kids writing allah is good in public school. Either except all or none.
Star Member yeoman6987 (10,021 posts)
67. I am a teacher. Lol. Sorry I have more invested in this. Our school would not tolerate blatant
Violation of religious activity. Fired yes. Charges or jail time. No.
840high (9,999 posts)
32. How would you react if I asked your
school child to write - Jesus is my God?
yellowcanine (27,921 posts)
4. Christian Taliban strike again.
Seriously, how is this materially different from what radical (claiming to be Islamic) groups do?
Star Member BlueJazz (24,678 posts)
1. Christ! We're not going to die from global warming or Isis or whatever. We'll die from stupidity
What they were asked to do was copy out the full Shehada. This would, in some minds, make all the kids converts. And set them up for the unfortunate consequences of apostacy.
What they were asked to do was copy out the full Shehada. This would, in some minds, make all the kids converts. And set them up for the unfortunate consequences of apostacy.
I wan't aware of that.
That's nearly as bad as tricking someone into signing a contract of some sort, perhaps worse since its children being tricked.
And you know damned well that if the same stunt could be performed to 'convert' children to Christianity, the DUmpmonkeys would designate it as a new type of rape.
If any lurking DUmmie wants to log on here and explain that, I would appreciate it. (Believe me, you'll be treated better here than any conservative would be on YOUR website).
I believe its a case of binary thinking.
In this case, it could be summed up with the tired phrase "My enemy's enemy is my ally.". - They simply do not grasp that there can be any position where a liberal & a conservative can agree. - So, they are for what conservatives are not, and vice-versa. What is even more telling is how they are willing to switch a position instantly based on circumstance.
I believe its a case of binary thinking.
In this case, it could be summed up with the tired phrase "My enemy's enemy is my ally.". - They simply do not grasp that there can be any position where a liberal & a conservative can agree. - So, they are for what conservatives are not, and vice-versa. What is even more telling is how they are willing to switch a position instantly based on circumstance.