10-10-2015, 07:04 PM
Did you read the whole Snopes article? I will read the other ones.
"Learning about the Five Pillars in a historical context does not convert students to Islam any more than learning about Martin Luther’s 95 Theses converts them to Protestant Christianity
Read more at http://m.snopes.com/islam-tennessee-school/#KVh2udc9W0lWehr8.99"
"This isn’t the first time that a course on Islam has been misrepresented as a government sanctioned indoctrination in the Islamic faith. A series of fear mongering articles have been penned since 2001 claiming that public schools were forcing Islam onto students. In January 2015, several web sites reported that a Boston Public School was forcing students to recite a prayer which would “officially convert them to Islam.”
While these stories typically involve a smidgen of truth (many public schools do teach world history and therefore touch on multiple religions), it is inaccurate to say that these lessons are being taught in an attempt to convert children to Islam:
Read more at http://m.snopes.com/islam-tennessee-school/#KVh2udc9W0lWehr8.99"
"Learning about the Five Pillars in a historical context does not convert students to Islam any more than learning about Martin Luther’s 95 Theses converts them to Protestant Christianity
Read more at http://m.snopes.com/islam-tennessee-school/#KVh2udc9W0lWehr8.99"
"This isn’t the first time that a course on Islam has been misrepresented as a government sanctioned indoctrination in the Islamic faith. A series of fear mongering articles have been penned since 2001 claiming that public schools were forcing Islam onto students. In January 2015, several web sites reported that a Boston Public School was forcing students to recite a prayer which would “officially convert them to Islam.”
While these stories typically involve a smidgen of truth (many public schools do teach world history and therefore touch on multiple religions), it is inaccurate to say that these lessons are being taught in an attempt to convert children to Islam:
Read more at http://m.snopes.com/islam-tennessee-school/#KVh2udc9W0lWehr8.99"
