| Esiar said: I think it's pretty dumb that the school got shut down. It's extremely ignorant to believe that informing people about Islam is an attempt to convert people to Islam. The kind of people that complain, whether they're Atheist, Christian, etc., probably wouldn't mind if their own ideology was taught in schools. |
its random that the school got shut down butttt that is a crazy homework assignment. the HISTORY and basic beliefs of religions should be taught to students, yes, but weird homework assignments that have them repeatedly write down and memorize beliefs is not acceptable
the students writing down "Allah is the only God!!" over and over or whatever would be equally as bad as having students (for a HW assignment) write down repeated notes like "Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior"
its not appropriate for school. Give the information to the kids- explain to them the basics. if they want to go on their own religious experience adventure they can do it at home, church, or online
and I'm talking kids- I could care less if this assigment was given to high school students or above- but when we're talking like middle or elementary schools students, they're extremely easily impressionable and to give them overly religious assignments (like copying lines repeatedly from a holy book) is not acceptable or a good idea
again- teach about Muhammad and Jesus Christ and the concepts and pillars of the big world religions, but there is no reason to have students copying words out of these religious books
religion and education (at least for public schools) should not be deeply connected. there are SO many things you can talk about regarding the popular religions and their belief structure, impacts on history, impacts and relevance today in culture and politics, etc. etc. etc.
too many important things that fairly can be discussed for some teacher in a public school to be having students copy belief messages down over and over
