Christmas break came early for the students in the Staunton, Virgina school district when their classes were canceled due to the controversy surrounding the Islamic calligraphy lessons given to the ninth grade World Geography class. As reported by Truth and Action, the “district closed schools the Friday before Christmas holiday as the media covered the complaints regarding the assignment, resulting in an onslaught of phone calls and emails. An increased police presence was felt necessary, as well as the closure, as some of the tweets and emails raised concern.”
More has been uncovered since the original story about the forced writing of the shahada-the Islamic statement of faith took place.
Not only were the students forced to practice Islamic calligraphy, that said, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah”, but the Koran was circulated and girls were forced to put on a hijab and photographed for the yearbook, as well. One student in particular refused the headdress but ultimately felt forced to comply.
The teacher, Cheryl LaPorte, and the district seem to have no qualms regarding the one-sided exercise in religion and claim it lines up with state standards.
No where in the lesson were other religions, that are part of the Arab culture, brought in; nor did LaPorte pass around a Bible or Torah as a comparative pieces of literature.
The Virginia Department of Education curriculum framework for the World Geography lessons demonstrate that LaPorte’s Islamic indoctrination is not compliant with state standards.
Read about the standards on page two and evaluate for oneself LaPorte’s subversive intentions.
put her in jail then ship her over there and see how she likes it maybe she wants raped and stoned to death
I am so glad I have no child in school these days, and I worry about grand kids having to go!
She looks like a real idiot
She should be fired they took religion out of public schools and Islam is the Muslim religion and their for it can not be taught in public schools
I don’t understand the teachers of today. If religion is not allowed in school…even Christmas is not allowed to be said…why are they teaching about Islam? Do we feel we need to so imclusive these days that we bend over backwards to be that?
Take your children out of the PES, and they’ll get a better education.
Wrong to leave out the BIBLE!
Misleading kids, she should be fired
what kills me is they are teaching the kids that calligraphy if from the middle east yet its from china invented a way way long time before islam was even a thought and that islam is a religon cause it aint
She is nuts and should be fired..