Now let me see. If they tried to mention Jesus then the ACLU would have parachuted in teams of attorneys right into the school. The school board would have burned down the city before they allowed the word Jesus. But Islam..well of course that’s different. What a joke. Full story here.
FISHERS, Ind. -- A Hamilton Southeastern elementary removed a mention of Allah in its holiday show after it drew the anger of a national conservative Christian group.
Lantern Road Elementary Principal Danielle Thompson said school leaders sought to teach inclusiveness through the second-grade program, which included pieces about Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Las Posadas and Kwanzaa
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"It went off last night without a hitch," Thompson said. "Several families thought it was a nice program."
School officials removed a phrase saying "Allah is God" after the American Family Association launched a protest of the program on its electronic newsletter.
The change was made, Thompson said, because no other deities were directly named in the program.
But one state Muslim leader said the school's decision to remove the word Allah was far from inclusive.
"It's unfortunate if that was removed from the program just because of Islamophobic feelings," said Shariq Siddiqui, executive director of the Muslim Alliance of Indiana. "Schools are a place where we should learn more about each other rather than exclude each other based on stereotypes and misconceptions."
Islamophobic feelings? Are you kidding me? And the day that Islam is “inclusive” of anything is one the ENTIRE planet is still waiting on. And note that The Indianapolis Star didn’t even mention the issue in their headline. $5 says that if the school asked children to sing about Jesus the newspaper would have it splashed across the front page.
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