Allow me to better explain my views on the situation then as I rushed my reply and worded it badly.  I was refering to the ridiculous uproar that the issue caused a time ago.  America is too sensitive and it drives me nuts!  It is to the point that if one person gets offended over the stupidest thing, others rights of freedom are affected and their views on a matter are considered "bigot" regardless of their opinion of the actual person who is claiming to be offended.  BUT that is another topic...

I have no problems with origin of other religions being taught in schools, as long as it is not preaching or in anyway an attempt at conversion.  This goes for all including Christian beliefs, which I am.  If there is any hint of possible intent conversion in an educational setting, shut it down.  Leave those aspects of your religion for outside of public education grounds, if only because you cannot teach someone who does not want to learn.

Now origins and history, by all means teach it all.  It is important to know it if you want any right to preach your own beliefs.

In short, I don't know the exact cause of all this crap but it goes like this for me.  If it is in ANY way teaching in a way that could be geared to conversion, it has no place in public schools.  But if it is purly for education and history, people need to suck it up and deal with it.  In the case of the later, refer to my rant above of america being oversensitive.

"Here is the shahada, the Islamic statement of faith" Obviuosly a religious text regardless if place of origin within said religion.

It removed the shahada from world religion instruction. "A different, non-religious sample of Arabic calligraphy will be used in the future," it said.

Problem solved. Students still learn and the religious text is left out.

That article means very little. Umbrella bodies like that do not speak on behalf of everyone, which is why speaking to residents along with them is imperative. 

Secondly there is context missing - I've come across this before. In the UK, Muslims have a civil marriage and a religious ceremony, just like in other faiths. The mosques here have adopted a system under UK Law, where they work in conjunction with the local authority so that a religious ceremony is also recognised legally. The reason for this is simple, many people get married and do not legally register it. This in return causes complications regarding local statistics, legal issues of the is a divorce etc. By recognising the religious ceremony and streamlining the process, this actually works in favour of current law and legislation. 

Thirdly, every leader / representative says the world would benefit by adopting their way. Richard Dawkins is the greatest at this. I love star wars and I say the world would benefit by accepting the light side of the force. There is nothing important, special or newsworthy about it. It's literally click bait. 

If you're that damn insecure about your religion that your child writing a line of script from a different religion as part of a world religion assignment (which makes me wonder why they allowed their child in that class to start with...what did they think they'd be learning about?) might tempt them to join the dark side, as it were, then you have far bigger issues.  And clearly need to study the history and teachings of your own religion.

let's say they kept it. Why do people think they're suddenly under attack? Why do people in 2015 feel the need to always feel offended?

teachers were smart for doing this. However, the fact that people are this low is disappointing. If i had children, I honestly wouldn't care if they had to copy some words. They probably would just want to finish the homework and move on! 

how is writing down some words suggest conversion though? Please, tell me.

People are too soft-hearted. The only reason why the kid would change/leave their religion is because:

a) They are forced

b) They saw a new religion, tried it out, and thought it was a nice religion

I'm quite sure the teacher probably has no clue on Islam. They found words that represent Islam, and said "we're just copying some words down, what can go wrong?!"...Well, a lot apparently

As George Carlin says- "...They're only words! It's the context that counts. It's the user! It's the intention behind the words that make them good or bad. The words are completely neutral!".

In this manner, the words aren't meant to make Islam look cool or horrible. It's an extremely neutral set of words that are used to help people know what a muslim believes in

There's a difference though. One is stating the foundation of an entire religion, the other is a Bible verse saying if you're Christian, then to DisneyLand you go.

Personally, I don't care if you do so! Did the teachers ever say "Hey, we're gonna make you submit to all religions!" ? I recall people back then being able to visit churches, mosques, temples, and much more without people complaining. I don't see why 2015 people suddenly need to feel offended by everything that doesn't make them happy-dappy.

It's erroneous. It's childish. I assure you that if I had a child with an assignment such as this, I would let them do the assignment. Why? Because it helps the student understand the faiths of others. 

Name any religion- Jewdism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, as long as they aren't making it where they force them to believe in the religion(which never happened here), then let the child learn some basic information about other people!

How is this an attack on one's religion if you're simply writing down words? I'd love to know. I'm not a Christian. However, I would happily write down Bible verses talking about the foundation of Christianity. It's the tolerant thing to do. I am not fond on Christianity. BUT, I am not a bigot, and realize that it is important to understand the faith of 2.1 billion people on Earth. If I didn't think it was important, i'd probably sound as dumb as the parents crying over the assignment