'Five pillars of Islam' taught in public school
Another school has been "teaching" Islam by having students study and learn Muslim prayers and dress as Muslims, and a lawyer who argued a previous dispute over this issue to the U.S. Supreme Court said such methodologies wouldn't "last 10 seconds" if it were Christianity being taught.
"Would it have been 'just cultural education' if students were in simulated baptisms, wearing a crucifix, having taken the name of St. John and with praise banners saying 'Praise be to Jesus Christ' on classroom walls?" asked Edward White III, of the Thomas More Law Center.
2006-10-13 16:06:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is one of the reasons my children homeschool.
2006-10-13 16:10:40 · answer #1 · answered by Southern Apostolic 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It shouldn't be. It's a violation of the establishment clause, no matter what the religion is. There can often be a fine line between learning ABOUT a religion (I think a comparitive religion course should be offered in high school) and PREACHING a religion, which often ends up happening instead. Looks like, in your example, they might have gone a little too far, but I don't know the specifics.
2006-10-13 23:12:18 · answer #2 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
either the school must allow other religions to be taught in this manner, or they must desist with the 5 pillars being taught. If it were Christianity being taught this way, the outrage would have been heard around the world. It is indoctrinization, not cultural teaching.
2006-10-13 23:16:19 · answer #3 · answered by atreadia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is going on in American Public Schools? For real.
List the schools. That is DEFINATELY a no-no, if they are public schools.
What course is it being taught in? A government or social studies course.
I can see some rudimentary Islamic background when teaching about Islamic nations, but that would be secondary in in teachin about Britain, one would expect them to touch on the Church of England, because the King and Queen has to be a member of that church.
2006-10-13 23:12:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Comparative Religion should be an elective offered in all high schools.
There should be no role playing. There should be a critical analysis of the core myth of each religion (myth in the anthropological sense, not myth in the 'false story' sense), the philosophies that arise from that myth, and the morals that arise from both the myth and the philosophy.
There should be a continual effort to look for commonalities and differences, with no emphasis on any students' personal beliefs. These commonalities and differences should be studied to show their effect on past and current events.
It should be present in ALL High Schools, though it should be a philosophy/humanities elective.
2006-10-13 23:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just goes to show the anti-christian bias in America.
2006-10-13 23:17:02 · answer #6 · answered by Danny H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religion of any sort has no place in a school. School is a place for fact, not for religion. That's what your place of worship is for.
2006-10-13 23:19:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would pull my kid out of a public school that taught ANY religion.
2006-10-13 23:11:27 · answer #8 · answered by Ana 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Catholics have private schools..we have freedom here...
2006-10-13 23:12:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋