http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_3234012
"SAN FRANCISCO — Christian students and parents cannot sue a school district where some seventh-graders pretended to be Muslims for three weeks during a course in world history, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
They reviewed the method used by one teacher in Byron, in Contra Costa County, four years ago to teach the unit on Muslim history, culture and religion that is part of the state's seventh-grade history curriculum.
Brooke Carlin encouraged her students to play at being Muslims — adopt Muslim names, recite a line from a prayer and give up candy or television to simulate fasting, for example. Students were permitted to opt out. On the final exam they were asked to critique elements of Muslim culture. "
I find this article to be very interesting, but not NEARLY as interesting as other bloggers opinions about it.
What is wrong with students actively learning about a minority religion rapidly growing in our country? Yes, I agree that having them recite prayers might be taking it a bit far, but there WAS an opt out for the prayers. There's nothing wrong with learning about Muslims names, or about what fasting is!
Evidently some disagree with me though. Want to see their opinions? Here are a couple I found, and I'll post more if I find them.
OH and I found another blog with a history of the issue... DEFINATELY check this one out!!!
The Revealer