Sometimes I wonder what on earth is going to happen to American politics in the future. The University has been incredibly successful in advancing a leftist/liberal agenda. There is no balance to the political perspective our young people are exposed to in college.
Then I hear someone like this 14 year old. And I have hope that the ideas of conservatism might not lose out to the ideas of the left.
I hope he doesn't lose it when he hits college.
Clarice
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It appears that the authors of this special report drew their conclusions from research, so I looked up a random sample of the footnotes and found some of the sources quite interesting.
Report claims: Islam encourages rape of female captives
Footnote reference of the Koran: (can you tell me where in this reference is there mention of rape?)
004.024
YUSUFALI: Also (prohibited are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess: Thus hath Allah ordained (Prohibitions) against you: Except for these, all others are lawful, provided ye seek (them in marriage) with gifts from your property,- desiring chastity, not lust, seeing that ye derive benefit from them, give them their dowers (at least) as prescribed; but if, after a dower is prescribed, agree Mutually (to vary it), there is no blame on you, and Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.
PICKTHAL: And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess. It is a decree of Allah for you. Lawful unto you are all beyond those mentioned, so that ye seek them with your wealth in honest wedlock, not debauchery. And those of whom ye seek content (by marrying them), give unto them their portions as a duty. And there is no sin for you in what ye do by mutual agreement after the duty (hath been done). Lo! Allah is ever Knower, Wise.
SHAKIR: And all married women except those whom your right hands possess (this is) Allah's ordinance to you, and lawful for you are (all women) besides those, provided that you seek (them) with your property, taking (them) in marriage not committing fornication. Then as to those whom you profit by, give them their dowries as appointed; and there is no blame on you about what you mutually agree after what is appointed; surely Allah is Knowing, Wise.
Report claims: School children were made to recite scripture from the Koran.
Footnote reference to Christian Action Network article. I looked up the article and CBS’s write up about that group’s recent documentary trailer:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/cbsnews_investigates/main4793713.shtml
From these random samples, I drew some hasty conclusions. They are probably debatable, but are my first gut reactions nonetheless.
• Just as passages from the Bible can be taken out of context, misquoted, or even twisted, so can the Koran.
• I am sure the founder of the CAN is a well meaning Christian , but I have a hard time wrapping my finger around some of his claims. Do we really believe that some random U.S. citizen has all the inside info on secret terrorist camps and our government simply dismisses his claims?
• I also wonder why the Elk Grove parents had to go to court to fight the alleged Islamic indoctrination. It seems they could just go to the school and ask for equal time in role playing the Christian religion for three weeks, and then go to court if denied that equal time.
• There appears to be an underlying antagonism in the language of the report towards the Islamic religion. As Christians, are we called to be antagonistic towards false religions? I Pet. 3:15.
• How explicit do we want to be in teaching our children about some of the ugly practices in the name of Islam? Do we not want our children to learn about the ugly practices in history in the name of Christianity? Or were there not any?
• Should we be as explicit in our 7th grade history books on the treatment of American Indians during the pioneer days?
• I have missionary friends who live among the Muslims. It would be very hard for them to show love towards their Muslim neighbors if they had the attitude portrayed by the authors of the report.
• I can certainly understand the paranoia generated towards the Muslims after 9/11. But let us not be guilty of the same half truths of which the report accuses our history books.
• I say “half truths” because while there may be some validity to the report, I have to say that its objectivity is questionable and its delivery inflammatory.
The previous comment belongs properly to "Practicing Islam in America's Public Schools" post.
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