Indoctrination of Islam Is Not the Real Issue in Public School Lessons on Religion | Sojourners

Indoctrination of Islam Is Not the Real Issue in Public School Lessons on Religion

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Opponents of lessons on Islam often claim that Christianity takes a back seat in public schools’ religious instruction. That’s what an Augusta County, Va., mother argued recently when she opposed a teacher’s use of the Muslim statement of belief in a calligraphy exercise. She held a forum at a local church to protest how her religion wasn’t allowed in schools, but Islam was.

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