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Worksheet on ‘Sharia law’ irks school parents
« on: January 19, 2017, 04:00:01 pm »
Worksheet on ‘Sharia law’ irks school parents

Parents in Southern Indiana are upset by a middle school worksheet’s portrayal of “Sharia law,” which they say casts the Islamic code in a positive light while ignoring human rights violations and the oppression of women.

“The way that the worksheet is left would be like describing how effective Hitler was at nationalizing Germany and creating patriotism but leaving out that he slaughtered 6 million Jews,” said Dean Hohl, one of several parents who spoke out against the assignment at a recent New Albany-Floyd County school board meeting.

He added: “I’m just not OK with my daughter – or any child that age – leaving class with the understanding that anything about Sharia law is OK.”

https://www.blazingcatfur.ca/2017/01/18/worksheet-on-sharia-law-irks-school-parents/
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Re: Worksheet on ‘Sharia law’ irks school parents
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2017, 02:16:56 am »
Can you imagine this being taught in public schools only twenty years ago?

If it had been taught in the late 1800's or early 1900's, the teachers might have been run out of town.

File this story in the "creeping sharia" cabinet.
If you can find room for it -- as of late, it's been getting full...