Authorities in Virginia have closed down schools after a
high school geography assignment on Islam led to allegations children were
being indoctrinated.
Parents of pupils at Riverheads High in Staunton took
exception to a homework assignment which asked the class to try calligraphy by
copying a statement in Arabic, the Staunton News Leader reporter.
Consequently August County School District shut several
schools and cited the ‘tone and content’ of the correspondence from parents.
‘Following parental objections to the World Geography
curriculum and ensuing related media coverage, the school division began
receiving voluminous phone calls and electronic mail locally and from outside
the area,’ a statement said.
‘As a result of these communications, the Sheriff’s
Office and the school division co-ordinated to increase police presence at
Augusta County schools and to monitor those communications.’
The piece of text students were asked to copy was the
Muslim statement of faith, which reads: ‘There is no god by Allah. Muhammad is
the messenger of Allah.’
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