This from Christian magazine Charisma News, 20 November 2014:

Marine Dad Takes Stand After Daughter Gets 'F' for Refusing Islamic Indoctrination

The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) today announced its representation of John Kevin Wood, and his wife, Melissa, in their battle with La Plata High School in Maryland over the Islamic indoctrination of their 11th-grade daughter in her World History class. Their daughter was required to complete assignments where she had to affirm that "There is no god but Allah" and the other Five Pillars of Islam. 

The case gained national attention when the school banned John Wood from entering school property after he objected to the religion of Islam being taught in his daughter's history class and demanded that she be given an alternative assignment. The school refused.

Wood, a former Marine who served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm and lost friends in that action, saw firsthand the destruction caused in the name of Allah and that Islam is not "a religion of peace;" and he would not budge from his position. 

The Thomas More Law Center is a national public-interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. TMLC Senior Trial Counsel, Erin Mersino, and Maryland attorney, Michael F. Smith of The Smith Appellate Law Firm, represent the Wood family. Yesterday they filed a request for records relating to the case under Maryland's Public Information Act.

On Oct. 22, 2014, John Wood discovered that his daughter was being forced to repeat religious tenets of Islam as a part of her World History class assignment. She was required to write how the prophet Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel and preached that there is only one true god, who is Allah. The assignment made her write that Mohammad is the messenger of Allah and that the Quran is holy text.

The assignment required her to affirm that "Allah is the same god that is worshipped in Christianity and Judaism" and that the "Quran is the word of Allah revealed to Mohammad in the same way that Jews and Christians believe the Torah and the Gospels were revealed to Moses and the New Testament writers." The assignment also forced young women such as the Woods' daughter, to fill in the following sentences: "Men are the managers of the affairs of women" and "Righteous women are therefore obedient."

When John Wood discovered the Islamic propaganda and indoctrination, he was rightfully outraged, and that evening unsuccessfully tried to 
contact the school by phone to voice his objections. Wood witnessed firsthand the destruction caused in the name of Allah and knows Islam is
not "a religion of peace." He served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, and lost friends in that action. On 9-11, Wood responded as a 
firefighter to the smoldering Pentagon. He refused to allow La Plata High School to subject his daughter to Islamic indoctrination despite the threatened academic consequences. 

The next day, Oct. 23, Wood had a phone conversation with a La Plata vice principal where he again reiterated his objections to his daughter being indoctrinated into the religion of Islam. The vice principal indicated that his daughter, a high school junior with college hopes, would receive zeros on her assignments on Islam if she did not complete them. He asked how the religion of Islam could be taught when schools are prohibited from teaching the religion of Christianity. 

The following day, Oct. 24, John Wood again spoke with the vice principal. She again refused to allow an alternative assignment.

Commenting on the case, Richard Thompson, TMLC's President and Chief Counsel stated: "Adding insult to injury, in an arrogant and unnecessary display of power, La Plata's principal issued a written "No Trespass" notice, which denied this former Marine who stood in harm's way defending our country—which included the principal and her staff—any access to school grounds. The school's actions not only dishonored John Wood's service, but the service of all men and women in our Armed Forces who defended our nation from Islamic violence. True to his Marine training, John Wood stood his ground. He did not retreat. Yes, his daughter has received a failing grade in her World History Class. But the story is not yet over."

http://www.charismanews.com/us/46222-ma ... ctrination

Sensationalist journalism. I stopped reading after the article claimed desert storm was caused by religion.

If they can't get a simple fact correct that is easily referenced how can I expect any integrity in the article?

Admittedly it's 'Christian journalism' which I'm not a fan of - it came in via my FB feed and I was curious to hear from our American colleagues about whether (or how much) this has hit mainstream media.

I think it's a little too convenient to dismiss the issue on that one writing point though. There are a number of others in the article that make me being my grind my teeth - but the premise upsets me more.

^ nice one, YT

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This article is bullshit. I remember that story and this is more skewed than even fox's coverage. The kid was never asked to affirm there was no god but allah. The assignment was about historical Islam and they were asked to assign pros and cons over something, trade maybe. I don't remember the specifics... but basically the marine dad was unhinged and made a bunch of personal threats so he was banned for being a violent dick head. The US bill of rights creates a separation of church and state and the extent that this is flouted, it happens with christians. No Muslims ever ask to put their holy symbols on public land, but christians in America constantly cause headache with their mistaken belief that the 1st amendment does not apply to them. Where does this ignorance come from? Perhaps it is disseminated in the pews every Sunday.

MekongMouse wrote:Perhaps it is disseminated in the pews every Sunday.

Possibly. There's a lot of unbiblical rubbish that gets preached from the pulpit.