Public
School Teaches
‘There Is No God But Allah’
Eric Owens
Millions of students in public
schools don’t understand fractions or pronouns at even a basic level but
students in the oceanfront Boston suburb of Revere, Mass. are taking
the time to learn all about Islam — in the most embarrassingly shallow
and cheerleading way imaginable.
Part of the textbook prints the Muslim Call to Prayer, according to Boston NBC affiliate WHDH.
“I bear witness that there is no God but Allah,” it says.The textbook portion also reverently celebrates Muhammad’s life.
“Muhammad never expected to change world,” the admiring, rah-rah textbook reads.
“Muhammad later tended sheep on
the dry hills like many young Arabians,” the text explains. “Later he
became a successful merchant and married a wealthy widow. However, he
felt as though something was missing in his life, so he went on a
retreat.”
One local parent, Anthony Giannino, is upset about the textbook’s treatment of the Muslim religion.
“No religion should be taught in
school,” Giannino told WHDH. “It says Allah is their only God. That’s
insulting to me as a Christian who believes in just Jesus only.”
The mad dad said he pulled his son out of his elementary school when he found out about the textbook’s treatment of Islam.
“What is Muslim about? What is
Christianity about? That’s what I teach at home,” parent Idalia Garcia
told the Fox station. “Everybody should respect everybody else’s
religion.”
The school district
superintendent has since penned a letter to parents assuring them that
the congratulatory statements about Islam are merely part of the
district’s history curriculum.
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