Chatham NJ public school teaches Islam — but no other religions

Why does the town of Chatham NJ seem so familiar? Well at least this ridiculous issue will take the focus off of Stucky when he threatens to beat someone up again. 

Via EAG News

CHATHAM, N.J. – Parents of students at Chatham Middle School are calling on the board of education to eliminate lessons on Islam from the 7th grade social studies curriculum they believe proselytizes the religion.

Several parents attended a board meeting Monday to take aim at materials distributed to students through a “World Cultures and Geography” class they believe cross the line, Tap into Chatham reports.

The parents emailed board members copies of the lessons they believe violate the district’s policy that “no religious beliefs be promoted or disparaged” and handed copies to others in attendance at the meeting, as well.

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“In the Middle East and North Africa unit of the class students are taught about the five pillars of Islam in great detail, there are two videos on it, a 20-page PowerPoint presentation, class work, homework, and testing,” parent Libby Hilsenrath told the board. “In this unit, there is no mention of any other religion or teaching of it.

“… When it comes to teaching other religions at this level, it’s not done,” she said.

Hilsenrath went over many of the objectionable homework assignments with board members in detail, including lessons that require students to memorize and write the Islamic conversion prayer.

Another parent, Nancy Gayer, also addressed the board about the in-depth study of Islam. Videos of both women’s comments were posted to YouTube, and they appeared together on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to air their grievances.

“I think it crosses the line because it teaches one religion and not all others,” Hilsenrath told Carlson. “It’s in a world culture and geography course and no other religion is taught. And to me, that’s not education, because in order to educate you need to teach all.”

“I also feel that if you are going to teach it to that degree – you’re teaching the doctrine of a religion – so our question was if you are going to do that in a public school, would you also be comfortable teaching the doctrines of Christianity?” she said.

“Would you be comfortable in a public school to say ‘Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, and no one comes to God but through me,’ and I don’t know that the school would say that.”

Gayer explained that her son’s experience in the district makes it clear educators are staunchly against Christianity in any context.

“I actually had an experience about three years ago. My son put together a fundraiser and it was a video production, and in the fundraiser, in the video production, he had a small quote of the Bible and they … pulled him aside and told him ‘this belongs in Sunday School’ but went ahead and told the class the video didn’t work,” she told Carlson.

“So I’m all in favor of teaching religion, if it’s all done in the same manner, the same depth,” Gayer said.

Both women said they’ve been denigrated as Islamophobes and racists for highlighting the unbalanced curriculum.

“We were labeled as bigots immediately following the board of ed meeting in an op-ed,” Hilsenrath said. “And then all over Facebook with people who knew us or didn’t know us – xenophobic, Islamophobes – it went as far as the KKK, which I don’t know what that has to do with this …”

“I was stared down at a grocery store too,” Gayer added. “It was pretty unnerving.”

The women contend superintendent Michael LaSusa refuses to meet with them regarding their concerns, and instead referred the issue to a district curriculum committee that meets in private.

Watch the parents’ appearance here:

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Anonymous
Anonymous

I’m sure the atheist FFRF lawyers will be on them like a ton of bricks the instant they find out about this.

Maybe someone should forward this story to them: https://ffrf.org/legal/report/

BananaCassandra

There’s a ton of this shit going on in Canada. Islam takes tiny steps first. I was reading a story about how a private school taught no religion and practiced no religion as a matter of course. They admitted two children of Islamic faith and some time later their parents brought a lawsuit against the school because their children could not practice their religious freedom. They won the lawsuit in a court of law. “Holy Shit!”

Anonymous
Anonymous

Canada is lost, they just don’t know it yet.

But they’re not alone, it’s the same for parts -maybe most- of America and most of Europe too.

The problem is that people don’t perceive a change till after it has happened and then at an ever greater magnitude of change as it continues changing.

This results in always playing catch up and leaves you dealing with a situation that is already in the past so you miss out on dealing with the current one because you haven’t perceived it yet.

kokoda - the most deplorable
kokoda - the most deplorable

How can these people be so mentally fucked up to even push the Islamic butchery posing as a religion.

overthecliff
overthecliff

…because they are unprincipled assholes and nobody (including me) will kick their ass. We are a bunch of no nuts pussies.

KaD
KaD

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2017/02/28-conservativelibertarian-law-profs-demand-that-aals-take-action-to-address-political-imbalance-of-.html

28 Conservative/Libertarian Law Profs Demand That AALS Address Political Imbalance Of Law School Faculties

anarchyst
anarchyst

Islam is not a “religion”, but is an all-encompassing social and political system that governs ALL aspects of a muslim’s life. As such there would NO Constitutional issues with declaring Islam to be a “foreign political system”, subject to restrictions…
When you take a “people” that is stuck in the 6th century (with 6th century beliefs), and (attempt to) bring them into 21st century society, there will be nothing but trouble. With Islam, assimilation is NEVER part of the “equation”. Conquest and forced conversion to Islam is the only thing muslims understand. IF the countries of the west were smart (they’re not), they would disengage any operations in Islamic countries and “repatriate” all muslims back to their countries of origin . . . Ron Paul is correct . . . much of today’s “terrorism” is “blowback” from our (western countries’) interference in muslim countries. . .better to ship them all back. There is NO SUCH THING as a “moderate” muslim. The Q’uran does not allow it . . . as the Q’uran is chronological in nature (as far as interpetration is concerned), the later (more violent) passages take precedence over the earlier passages . . .
Ship ’em all back to their countries of origin.
Oh, let’s do the same for Zionism…

underfire
underfire

What a surprise. sarc/

As the muslim issue comes into focus, it’s clear the Left has come down on the side of the Muslims. Islam verses Christianity, in a soon to be life and death struggle.

underfire
underfire

What a deal for the Muslims in their quest to conquer the West. These countries, led by their socialist leaders, house, clothe, feed, pay for their babies, and generally pick up all costs associated with the Islamic takeover of their countries. All that was required was for Progressives to be in charge.

ottomatik
ottomatik

The unholy union between the Left and Islam will last precisely until the Muslims have enough strength to consume the Left.

overthecliff
overthecliff

The leftist have no principles in regard to religion. They will submit to Mohammedanism, pray 5 times per day in a very public righteous way say Ollies Snackbar and other mohammedan shit. Then they will practice the non religious part of mohammedanism and do what leftists do. That is oppress everybody but themselves and their friends. It is a match made in Hell.

Westcoaster
Westcoaster

The school is wrong and this will end up in court.

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