School District Mandates Forced Islamic Indoctrination

On my way to Washington, DC this morning, I have been in contact with our offices in Virginia concerning a report out of a school district in Texas that has all of us concerned.  Apparently, a public school principal in Texas arranged for an instruction in Islamic relations by an organization whose leaders have been linked to terror groups by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense.

This schools mandatory event took place despite the principal being notified by the School District Superintendent to not have the students participate in this event.  School District students at Friendswood Junior High School in Houston, TX were required to attend an assembly scheduled by the principal, where two women from the Houston Division of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) provided indoctrination.  The assembly went beyond an objective presentation, as the students were told that Adam, Noah and Jesus are prophets, [and also] announced there is one god, his name is Allah.  Further, the students were also taught the five pillars of Islam with prayer instruction, all without parental consent.

Making the situation all the more egregious, one parent reported that the approximate 40-minute presentation was delivered by a representative of a spinoff [organization, CAIR] of the defunct Islamic Association for Palestine, launched by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook  . . . who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to provide services to Palestinian Islamic Jihad.   It is notable that several staff members of CAIR have been convicted of terrorist activity, have reported ties to al-Qaida, and have been suspected of aiding Saudi sheiks tied to Osama bin Laden; and one member was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for financial ties to a high-ranking terrorist.

Of the incident, one outraged school board member has been quoted as asserting that [t]his is part of a nationally orchestrated effort to indoctrinate students through the school system." Moreover, one parent complained the Muslims were given full attention of our kids, during academic school time, to present their religious beliefs. This was put right at the end of the school year which will most likely prevent a Christian response.