Last month, a town hall was held in Brentwood, Tenn., to discuss Islam in schools.
The crowded town hall was filled with concerned parents questioning the motives of the seventh grade textbook in question.
Complaints ranged from the textbook's clear bias toward Islam to possible “indoctrination” of the impressionable minds of young students.
Some parents also complained about “supplementary” material supplied by the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Among other complaints from parents and other citizens are that the Five Pillars of Islam are taught, but not the Ten Commandments. Also, one parent claimed that when students studied the Shahada, one of the Five Pillars, they were required to write out “Allah is the only God.”
On Jan. 20, Tennessee state legislators Rep. Matthew Hill (R-Jonesborough), Rep. Timothy Hill (R-Blountville) and Rep. Micah Van Huss (R-Johnson City) introduced legislation "to officially stop Islamic religious indoctrination in Tennessee schools."
“I did not fight radical Islam in Iraq just to come home and find our children being indoctrinated,” Van Huss commented.
They are asking for “added language” to Tennessee Code, Title 49, Chap. 6, Part 10 (as follows):
“The inclusion of religion in textbooks, instructional materials, curriculum, or academic standards shall be for educational purposes only and shall not be used to promote or establish any religion or religious belief.”
It seems as though parents in Tennessee have had enough of the government trying to indoctrinate their children.
Williamson County school board member and parent Susan Curlee observed, "If Christianity were taught this way, what would the reaction be? The ACLU would shut this down. That's the ultimate litmus test."
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