Christians: Do you approve of teaching the Koran at public schools?

Question

Madrassa-style?

Or do you only vouch for teaching "Christian Religion" at public schools?

Would you as Christian teachers mind if your students had to kneel towards Mecca at prayer time?

Would you approve of having Imams calling to prayer through the school's loudspeakers?

Why or why not?

Answer 1

i wouldn't want ANY religion being taught in the public schools...nor should the schools be leading or requiring any kind of prayer---what i DO support is EVERY student's right to pray and read the religious text of their choice as long as they are not interfering with classroom instruction or disrupting others

Answer 2

I don't think any religion should be taught at public schools by force. I think it's the parents responsibility to teach their children, or appoint/find someone with the same beliefs to teach their children (Because I'm Christian, I'll use the example, such as a Sunday school teacher).

Public schools are not a controlable setting for parents in most cases, and it would be near impossible to make sure your kid was getting what you thought was the right information.

Now! I wouldn't be opposed to religion classes being an elective kind of thing in high school. Where you choose to study the Bible or you choose to study something else such as the Qu'ran, as long as the teacher stood on neutral grounds and didn't attempt to influence, but to teach about. I highly doubt that would ever be an option just because of the biases that would come up.

Answer 3

Yes, along with other religions' worldviews. Not as religious "fact" or "truth", and not to the exclusion of others. While I agree that both the Bible and Koran have had an impact on world history and culture, they're not the ONLY religions who have had impacts on the world. Ghandi(oh dang it all, I know I'm not spelling that right) had an impact...and he was Hindu. As far as the bit about everyone knowing the teachings of the Bible whether they read it as fact or not, nice try. That smacks of a view that the Bible is the only religious text worth knowing about whether you believe it or not. People should know not JUST the teachings of the Bible, but the general teachings of ALL religions. Not believe in them, simply understand what other people believe in and why. If more people did that, there'd be far less fighting over religion and more doing what religion's supposed to be doing...giving hope and comfort.

Answer 4

I don't vouch for either, any more than I'd want the Mabinogeon taught as anything other than literature. The public schools are not a place for religious instruction. If one wants to teach parts of the Bible or the Koran for historical reasons, fine. When it comes to teaching Christianity, though, that's why I teach Sunday school.

Answer 5

If taught as literature only. Not as a theology class. I have a copy, have read and studied it but I do not believe or follow it.

If all the Muslim practices you list where to be permitted, then all religious practices of every religion would also have to be allowed to be practiced. Then what you would have is a huge multi-cultural church having some kind of religious service at all times. School would no longer have any time left.

In a free and open multi-cultural society such as the United States...religion and religious practices are best left at home and in the churches. Not in public schools funded by our tax dollars.

Answer 6

There are three books of God in circulation today ... the Law (Taurat), the Bible (Injeel) and the Quran. If you want to be a true believer, you have to believe in all three of them, and figure out what the truth is from reading them and nothing else to influence your thoughts, remember, first came the Law, then the Bible and then the Quran.

I know that all these three books confirm each other in their original forms, and the Messiah Jesus will come back and tell us that and prove it to us ... so wait ...... I too am waiting. The Arabic Quran cannot be changed, you will not find any Arabic copy differing from another in its complete form of 114 chapters.

Answer 7

I was taught about the koran in the 7th grade we did extensive culture and religious study about this. Girls had to wear sheets, and boys had to wear a washcloth and a string on their heads. We had middle eastern names. We did this for about a quarter of the year. WE spent a week on the orgin of christian study.

I think its ok to teach religion in the sence of educational purposes, not converting children into a religion. and spending equal time on the religions that help to shape our culture. Maybe not all the religions but the top 5-10 religions.

no organized prayer in school, unless as part of a club.

Answer 8

...If the Bible has been rejected by the School(s), so must the Koran... When "we" start to cater to a "religion" we place our Democracy in jeopardy of the "select few" who would attempt to dictate to us... Bring the Bible back in the School(s) and bring in any "religious" book you want... Gods Word has no competition... least of all a book that runs the rants of a man who could not read or write... (The only thing I want to hear over the loudspeakers is the football scores... if you want to hear about the Camel races go to Arabia)

Answer 9

I don't approve of it just as I don't approve of the Bible being taught in public schools. Religion should be separate from public schools, practice your beliefs at your house!

Answer 10

I am a christian and I don't think any religion belongs in school. The kids are there to learn the 3 R's and some other things but NOT religion of any kind.

Answer 11

We already have that in our schools here. The districts also failed to contact the parents of students who are not Muslim to in form them that their children would be taught the Muslim religion in school and that Muslim children have a special room set aside for their prayers. But Christianity or any other religion being taught in these schools would not be allowed . Do I approve? He** NO!! If one religion is to be taught ALL religions should have the same opportunity to do the same