Prayer in school OK if it’s Muslim

Folks, you may not believe what’s coming in this post.

From Investors Business Daily, May 19:

In our brave new schools, Johnny can't say the pledge, but he can recite the Quran.

Yup, the same court that found the phrase "under God" unconstitutional now endorses Islamic catechism in public school.

In a recent federal decision that got surprisingly little press, even from conservative talk radio, California's 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled it's OK to put public-school kids through Muslim role-playing exercises, including:

Reciting aloud Muslim prayers that begin with "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful . . . ."

Memorizing the Muslim profession of faith: "Allah is the only true God and Muhammad is his messenger."

Chanting "Praise be to Allah" in response to teacher prompts. …

Designing prayer rugs, taking an Arabic name and essentially "becoming a Muslim" for two full weeks.

Parents of seventh-graders, who after 9-11 were taught the pro-Islamic lessons as part of California's world history curriculum, sued under the First Amendment ban on religious establishment. They argued, reasonably, that the government was promoting Islam.

But a federal judge appointed by President Clinton told them in so many words to get over it, that the state was merely teaching kids about another "culture." …

In the California course on world religions, Christianity is not presented equally. It's covered in just two days and doesn't involve kids in any role-playing activities.

But kids do get a good dose of skepticism about the Christian faith, including a biting history of its persecution of other peoples. In contrast, Islam gets a pass from critical review. …

This case is critical not just to our culture but our national security. It should be brought before the Supreme Court, which has outlawed prayer in school. Let's see what it says about practicing Islam in class. It will be a good test for the bench's two new conservative justices.

See what I mean about hard to believe?

Sure, a teacher closing the classroom door and indoctrinating kids: We know that happens all the time.

And what about those loopy curricula defining America/Judeo-Christian values/whites/and males as not good while defining the U.N./Muslim laws/protestors/and "activists" as just fine?

We know there are many such curricula out there endorsed by the liberal/leftist teachers’ union, the National Education Association, and approved by equally liberal/leftist school boards.

But that a federal court of appeals, even one as liberal/leftist as the 9th Circuit, would go along with such a curriculum? I’d never have predicated that.

The case can’t get to the Supreme Court soon enough to suit me.

How about you?

And do any of you know if the people who will appeal the decision have a “tip jar?”

I’d like to contribute.

Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin