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Home Front: Culture Wars
New school policies weighed amid flap over Islam assembly
2008-06-11
A school district near Houston may tighten its policies on religious assemblies after an Islamic presentation angered many parents. Nearly 900 seventh- and eighth-graders at Friendswood Junior High last month attended an assembly on Islamic culture. The Council on American-Islamic Relations put on the presentation. Parents weren't notified beforehand, which was a violation of school policy. Since then, some parents, talk radio hosts and Christian clergy have criticized the presentation.

The school board is scheduled to vote next month on a policy change that would only allow teachers to address religious topics in the future. The Islamic assembly came after a Muslim student was stuffed into a trash can at school.
Posted by:ryuge

#3  Thank goodness they didn't give him a swirly.
Posted by: charger   2008-06-11 12:24  

#2  The Islamic assembly came after a Muslim student was stuffed into a trash can at school.

I saw plenty of kids stuffed in trash cans in junior high. Don't remember having any religious assemblies after it happened though. Probably because...there was no friggin reason for it maybe?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-06-11 11:28  

#1  I had meant to put the shocked Alfalfa image on this, but I guess the cartoon works too.
Posted by: ryuge   2008-06-11 05:51  

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