Public school children forced to pray to Allah

[Gentle Storm]

The video says they were asked and that a few chose to participate.

The title of this thread says FORCED.

If they were forced then why didn't they all participate.

What horseshit! The OP is worse than the people he is complaining about.

psik

Meh. So the OP added a little shock to grab attention. Nothing that MSNBC doesn't do every day.

If I had an impressionable child that looked up to a teacher and that teacher took them to a mosque and encouraged them that it was a fun and happy place (as our schools do these days) and my young child chose to participate under those circumstances, I would be just as furious as if they forced them to.

Schools have authority over our children and lead them to places they ought not go all the time. That's the real problem.

 

[daveman]

The video says they were asked and that a few chose to participate.

The title of this thread says FORCED.

If they were forced then why didn't they all participate.

What horseshit! The OP is worse than the people he is complaining about.

psik

And yet the Left still refuses to condemn this as a violation of the Establishment Clause that they'd have whipped out long ago had this taken place in a church or cathedral.

 

[Kalam]

Don't forget, ladies and gentlemen: Islam insists women be covered because men are incapable of controlling themselves. The sight of a lock of hair or an ankle is enough to inspire rape.

And they've built in enough caveats so that men are rarely convicted of rape...but their female victims are killed brutally for it -- sometimes by their own family.

Let's see proof of this from scripture.

 

[Sunni Man]

The video says they were asked and that a few chose to participate.

The title of this thread says FORCED.

If they were forced then why didn't they all participate.

What horseshit! The OP is worse than the people he is complaining about.

psik

Meh. So the OP added a little shock to grab attention. Nothing that MSNBC doesn't do every day.

If I had an impressionable child that looked up to a teacher and that teacher took them to a mosque and encouraged them that it was a fun and happy place (as our schools do these days) and my young child chose to participate under those circumstances, I would be just as furious as if they forced them to.

Schools have authority over our children and lead them to places they ought not go all the time. That's the real problem.

So children should NOT be taken on field trips to Churches, Mosques, or Synagogue's ???

 

[psikeyhackr]

The video says they were asked and that a few chose to participate.

The title of this thread says FORCED.

If they were forced then why didn't they all participate.

What horseshit! The OP is worse than the people he is complaining about.

psik

Meh. So the OP added a little shock to grab attention. Nothing that MSNBC doesn't do every day.

If I had an impressionable child that looked up to a teacher and that teacher took them to a mosque and encouraged them that it was a fun and happy place (as our schools do these days) and my young child chose to participate under those circumstances, I would be just as furious as if they forced them to.

Schools have authority over our children and lead them to places they ought not go all the time. That's the real problem.

Are you saying that the teacher should have FORCED them to not participate?

I don't consider that an improvement.

I was sent to Catholic schools but I decided I was an agnostic at 12. I don't care about Islam or Christianity. It wasn't the Muslims that wiped out the Indians in North America. So I think it's all

psik

 

[daveman]

Don't forget, ladies and gentlemen: Islam insists women be covered because men are incapable of controlling themselves. The sight of a lock of hair or an ankle is enough to inspire rape.

And they've built in enough caveats so that men are rarely convicted of rape...but their female victims are killed brutally for it -- sometimes by their own family.

Let's see proof of this from scripture.

No need. We have proof of it from history and current events.

 

[Kalam]

Don't forget, ladies and gentlemen: Islam insists women be covered because men are incapable of controlling themselves. The sight of a lock of hair or an ankle is enough to inspire rape.

And they've built in enough caveats so that men are rarely convicted of rape...but their female victims are killed brutally for it -- sometimes by their own family.

Let's see proof of this from scripture.

No need. We have proof of it from history and current events.

Meaning that while you may be able to attribute these things to "Muslims," they aren't attributable to Islam. Thanks.

 

[chanel]

What's the difference Kalam?

 

[Charles_Main]

Let's see proof of this from scripture.

No need. We have proof of it from history and current events.

Meaning that while you may be able to attribute these things to "Muslims," they aren't attributable to Islam. Thanks.

Little difference there IMO.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Your IMO is just that, eagelbeak, your opinions, and who cares about that?

 

[Intense]

When are the field trips to a Catholic church and a Jewish synagogue?

Big Fail Zoom-boing. The specific Mosque has known terrorist ties. Really bad trip planning there. My main point that students visiting a Mosque could be invited to return to pray, Non-Muslim Students, without Parental Consent should not have been invited to pray, it is inappropriate. The same reasoning holds for Any Other Church or Temple.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Consider the sources, Intense.

 

[ConHog]

Consider the sources, Intense.

I do exactly that every time you post.

 

[daveman]

Let's see proof of this from scripture.

No need. We have proof of it from history and current events.

Meaning that while you may be able to attribute these things to "Muslims," they aren't attributable to Islam. Thanks.

The Muslims who do them attribute them to Islam.

 

[del]

But those who had the greatest cause for anger, parents of Wellesley students, emerged as the school’s most vigorous defenders. At coffee shops and in school parking lots, they insisted that the visit to New England’s largest mosque was a valuable educational experience that would help children gain an understanding of the Muslim faith. The backlash against the visit, many said, underscored the need for such exchanges.

Wellesley pupils’ prayers at mosque fuel call for policy change - The Boston Globe

 

[Againsheila]

The video says they were asked and that a few chose to participate.

The title of this thread says FORCED.

If they were forced then why didn't they all participate.

What horseshit! The OP is worse than the people he is complaining about.

psik

The boys were separated from the girls and their authority figures....they were surrounded by men who then prayed...you don't think they felt pressured to join them in prayer? You think as a 10 year old boy you would have stood your ground when surrounded by a bunch of men from a religion known for it's terrorism?

It fact, I'm betting the teacher's didn't say anything because THEY felt intimidated.

 

[Againsheila]

But those who had the greatest cause for anger, parents of Wellesley students, emerged as the school’s most vigorous defenders. At coffee shops and in school parking lots, they insisted that the visit to New England’s largest mosque was a valuable educational experience that would help children gain an understanding of the Muslim faith. The backlash against the visit, many said, underscored the need for such exchanges.

Wellesley pupils’ prayers at mosque fuel call for policy change - The Boston Globe

So one parent, of a girl, had no problems with it. What about the parents of the boys????

How many of the parents (only two in the article defended the excursion) saw the video?

This is nuts, and I maintain that if this was a Christian church that you and others would all be upset about kids being forced to pray.....

 

[SFC Ollie]

I searched and found several other stories on this issue. They all tell the same story. None of them mention more than the same 3 parents. All the sources were from the Boston area. That alone should tell you something.

There are none of them that even said they attempted to talk to the parent who provided the video.

Can we say biased? We sure as hell see it here in this thread.

 

[del]

But those who had the greatest cause for anger, parents of Wellesley students, emerged as the school’s most vigorous defenders. At coffee shops and in school parking lots, they insisted that the visit to New England’s largest mosque was a valuable educational experience that would help children gain an understanding of the Muslim faith. The backlash against the visit, many said, underscored the need for such exchanges.

Wellesley pupils’ prayers at mosque fuel call for policy change - The Boston Globe

So one parent, of a girl, had no problems with it. What about the parents of the boys????

How many of the parents (only two in the article defended the excursion) saw the video?

This is nuts, and I maintain that if this was a Christian church that you and others would all be upset about kids being forced to pray.....

they weren't forced to pray. they shouldn't have done so, but they weren't forced. personally, it wouldn't bother me one way or the other if it was christian, jewish, muslim, whatever, but you keep clinging to that if it makes you feel better.

 

[del]

I searched and found several other stories on this issue. They all tell the same story. None of them mention more than the same 3 parents. All the sources were from the Boston area. That alone should tell you something.

There are none of them that even said they attempted to talk to the parent who provided the video.

Can we say biased? We sure as hell see it here in this thread.

you mean the parent who was so outraged that she did nothing?

that parent?

wellesley is in the boston area. duh