tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24045566.post-20403354599932118332008-07-08T03:45:00.006-07:002008-07-08T03:53:09.554-07:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_rIZfaHBJWHE/SHNFa78wZ2I/AAAAAAAAHFo/KtT_LuTqxQE/s1600-h/HJS+70808.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220592722123974498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="158" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_rIZfaHBJWHE/SHNFa78wZ2I/AAAAAAAAHFo/KtT_LuTqxQE/s320/HJS+70808.jpg" width="267" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em><br /></em></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em>"The educational authorities, even the ones with some degree of intelligence, know so little about Islam, they do not understand that it is an ideology before it is a religion. What they are teaching young children is about an ideology that holds that the Jews and Christians are completely corrupt and that atheists and gays should not be tolerated to live. It also holds that only believers are eligible for paradise, and that believers should not take non-believers for friends, even if they are close relatives. </em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em><br />Remember, anything that happens in the U.K. crosses the Atlantic; the Democrats think we should be more like the British. So, is this what we want teachers to teach our children? Are they learning that the Ten Commandments and nativity scenes and anything that reminds one of Judaism or Christianity must be removed because of their evil connotation, but hijabs and the Qur'an, and prayer rugs can stay because Islam is good? </em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#ffcc33;"><em><strong><br />Is that what we want our children to take away from their secular education? As a former member of the US Department of Education, I say let's get education away from the Federal Government and give it back to the states. It does not belong to the politicians! It belongs to the people of each state."</strong></em></span></div><div><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />HJS</span></strong></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><strong><br />Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;">By <a class="author" title="file:///C:/home/search.html?s=" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="file:///C:/home/search.html?s=y&amp;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter" authornamef="Daily+Mail+Reporter">Daily Mail Reporter</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031784/Schoolboys-punished-detention-refusing-kneel-pray-Allah.html"><br />Last updated at 11:30 AM on 04th July 2008</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"><br />Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and 'pray to Allah' during a religious education lesson.</span></div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:130%;"><div><br />Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped.</div><div><br />They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at Alsager High School, near Stoke-on-Trent - which included wearing Muslim headgear - was a breach of their human rights.</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031784/Schoolboys-punished-detention-refusing-kneel-pray-Allah.html"><br />CLICK HERE TO READ ENTIRE ARTICLE</a></span></div>Tony GOPranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244251443782162761noreply@blogger.com