Students Forced To Pledge 'One Nation Under Allah'?
The school in question is denying the allegation that they're pushing an "Islamic
Agenda" but the fact that students were made to recite the Pledge of Allegiance
in Arabic and substitute "Allah" for "God" is not in question.
(The Daily Dose) The principal at Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, is facing a hailstorm of criticism from some very angry parents and residents.
The school recites the Pledge of Allegiance weekly, on Mondays. Last Monday, a member of their "Cultural Arms Club" led the student body in an Arabic version of the pledge, replacing the words "under God" with "under Allah."
Principal Tom Lopez denies any attempt to push an Islamic agenda, saying, “These students love this country. They were not being un-American in trying to do this. They believed they were accentuating the meaning of the words as spoken regularly in English.”
Principal Lopez doesn’t make any sense. Speaking unintelligible words in Arabic in some way accentuates their meaning? That is an extremely weak argument in defense of an ill-advised decision.
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(The Daily Dose) The principal at Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, is facing a hailstorm of criticism from some very angry parents and residents.
The school recites the Pledge of Allegiance weekly, on Mondays. Last Monday, a member of their "Cultural Arms Club" led the student body in an Arabic version of the pledge, replacing the words "under God" with "under Allah."
Principal Tom Lopez denies any attempt to push an Islamic agenda, saying, “These students love this country. They were not being un-American in trying to do this. They believed they were accentuating the meaning of the words as spoken regularly in English.”
Principal Lopez doesn’t make any sense. Speaking unintelligible words in Arabic in some way accentuates their meaning? That is an extremely weak argument in defense of an ill-advised decision.
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The students love the Country; you don't.
ReplyDeleteIf my children were still in school, I would give them permission to walk out of that setting at any time of the day. Wait in the Principal's office till the fiasco was completed. Then they can go back into the class. If their grade was impacted, the school system would have a law suit on their hands.
DeleteAmericans do NOT pledge allegiance to ANY other country. Especially when that allegiance is to a FAKE, FALSE god. Even if only for practice of that language.
Who gives a crap about learning OUR pledge in Arabic! When's the last time you saw people riding CAMELS around over here? We DON'T LIVE in mud huts and OUR FOUNDING FATHERS FOUGHT, BLED AND DIED to give US FREEDOM, NOT ISLAM! So, STICK YOUR FALSE IDEOLOGICAL PLEDGES where the SUN DON'T SHINE and if you DON'T LIKE OUR FREEDOMS, GET THE HELL OUT OF OUR COUNTRY! GO PLEDGE IN IRAN, IRAQ, SUDAN, LIBYA, TURKEY, EGYPT OR ANY OTHER MOSLIM COUNTRY OVER THERE AND STAY THERE, mr. treasonous principal!!!
DeleteNothing surprises me anymore, right here in Obama land. When one wants to impress Obama, they find the Best way to do it, and that would be to say the Pledge, in such an Arabic way. Obama would love them for that, and they would get more money.
ReplyDeleteSo what!! Who did this harm, absolutely no one.
ReplyDeleteIt harmed the children who may not understand the implications. Anonymous: appearently, you are still a child in your not understanding that "words matter".
DeleteOUR COUNTRY USA BELIEVES IN 1 GOD NOT NO ALLAH. DONT COME HERE AND CHANGE OUR BELIEFS. YOU DONT LIKE IT GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.,OR BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR OWN GROUNDS. TY
ReplyDeleteGet rid of that school official and send him to Kenya where he belongs.
ReplyDeleteIn Afghanistan.
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