Calligraphy Students Assigned to Write 'There Is No God but Allah'

Here, write the shahada as seen on the ISIS flag. It's for "artistic complexity."

It's another day and with it another school assignment that shows that the Islamization of the American classroom has taken hold and shows little to no signs of stopping.

Yesterday, it was designing a Muslim prayer rug, reciting the pillars of Islam, or singing a "fight song" about the religion, today the indoctrination comes under the guise of "practicing calligraphy."

Students at Riverheads High School in Virginia were given a world geography assignment this month that instructed them to write the shahada, or Islamic statement of faith, in Arabic as it appears on the ISIS flag. 

"This should give you an idea of the artistic complexity of calligraphy," the assignment read.

Parents say their children weren't told what they were writing: "There is no god but Allah." Female students were also encouraged to try on a scarf to cover their head, sending many parents into further outrage.

But the school district doesn't see the problem. As Fox News reports:

“The statement presented as an example of the calligraphy was not translated for students, nor were students asked to translate it, recite it or otherwise adopt or pronounce it as a personal belief,” the district stated. 

The district said the assignment was consistent with the Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning and the requirements for content instruction on world monotheistic religions.

The district said there’s really not a controversy here. They just wanted students to participate in “hands-on activities intended to give them a better objective understanding of the region and its culture (including its religions and to allow for interactive learning.)”

Meanwhile in Kentucky, an elementary school presentation of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" has been ordered to censor the reading from Luke's gospel and another district there has told other schools to remove any religious references from their Christmas programs.

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