7TH GRADERS IN TENNESSEE MADE TO RECITE ‘ALLAH IS THE ONLY GOD’ IN PUBLIC SCHOOL~BUT STATE IS 85% CHRISTIAN?

SUBLIMINAL INDOCTRINATION 
BY JOHN DEWEY STATIST/SOCIALIST
$110,000 SALARY TO PROMOTE ISLAM 

BUT NOT CHRISTIANITY

FROM: http://absoluterights.com/we-are-losing-control-of-our-schools-and-what-they-are-teaching-our-children/;

EXCERPT:

"Porterfield said the class skipped Christianity because it’s not required by the state’s standards. Those standards, TN Core, are very similar to the national Common Core standards, though in May Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill eliminating Common Core."

EXCERPT FROM: http://www.firebreathingchristian.com/archives/10519

When Maury County Director of Schools Chris Marczak says, “If we are truly going to Grow Maury County together, then we need to openly talk and discuss about what we want to emphasize in our county,” he is absolutely right. And when he says that, “We are here to help your children be prepared for Life”, he is making plain that which has really been plain for a very long time now: The State-run children’s “education” system – even in rural Middle Tennessee – really, truly, honestly believes that Christ is not the essential core of education, the pursuit of knowledge, and life.
FROM: http://www.ladailypost.com/content/laps-superintendent-candidate-dr-chris-marczak-shares-his-vision-community

“I love to talk and I love to listen,”
Marczak stressed that as much as we may dislike standardized testing “it’s not going away” 
When asked about parents opting their children out of PARCC testing, Marczak said he is opposed to it. “Your kids are going to have to take tests for their whole lives—opting out hurts them in the long run,” he said.
FORGET ABOUT PARENTAL/STUDENT RIGHTS; YOU MUST COMPLY
CHRISTIANITY DISALLOWED

Maury County Director of Schools Chris Marczak
cmarczak@mauryk12.org
931-388-8403

SEE: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local-news/oak-ridge-assistant-school-superintendent-hired-by-maury-county_94218127

7TH GRADERS IN TENNESSEE MADE TO RECITE ‘ALLAH IS THE ONLY GOD’ IN PUBLIC SCHOOL

SEE: http://the-trumpet-online.com/7th-graders-tennessee-made-recite-allah-god-public-school/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

Middle school parents in Tennessee are up in arms on learning that their children were instructed to recite and write, “Allah is the only god,” as part of a world history project.

In the Maury County School District, students were assigned a Five Pillars of Islam project that included the translation of the pillar of “Shahada” as being, “There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is his prophet.”

Joy Ellis, the mother of a seventh-grader at Spring Hill Middle School, said that Christian children should not be instructed to write the Shahada.

“This is a seventh grade state standard, and will be on the TCAP,” Ellis said. “I didn’t have a problem with the history of Islam being taught, but to go so far as to make my child write the Shahada, is unacceptable.”

Another mother of a seventh-grade girl, Brandee Porterfield, complained to officials at Spring Hill Middle School because of its overemphasis on Islam to the exclusion of Christianity and Judaism.

Porterfield said she has no objections to her daughter learning details of the Islamic religion, but she objects to the fact that the history unit didn’t devote similar time to Christianity or Judaism.

“It really did bother me that they skipped the whole chapter on the rise of Christianity and they spent three weeks just studying Islam,” she said.

Porterfield and other parents were also concerned with the school’s decision to have children write and recite the Islamic creed.

“But what really did bother me,” Porterfield said, “was that they did this assignment where they wrote out the Five Pillars of Islam, including having the children learn and write the Shahada, which is the Islamic conversion creed.”

“I spoke with the teacher and the principal,” she said. “They are not going to learn any other religion, doctrines or creeds and they are not going back over this chapter. Even though they discuss Christianity a little bit during the Middle Ages, they are not ever going to have this basis for Judaism or Christianity later.”

Porterfield said the class skipped Christianity because it’s not required by the state’s standards. Those standards, TN Core, are very similar to the national Common Core standards, though in May Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill eliminating Common Core.

In Tennessee, 85 percent of the residents identify as Christian, according to a comprehensive U.S. Religious Landscape Survey conducted by the Pew Center in 2008. Only one percent of state residents identify as Muslim.

Jan Hanvey, Maury County Public Schools’ middle school supervisor, said that most of the three-week unit discussed things like government, culture, geography, and economics, rather than theology. She also said that the chapters on Christianity and Judaism are scheduled to be taught at the end of the year with the “Age of Exploration” unit.

Maury County Director of Schools, Chris Marczak, defended the curriculum in a statement, saying that the school system is in no way endorsing Islam over other religions or trying to “indoctrinate” students.

“It is our job as a public school system to educate our students on world history in order to be ready to compete in a global society, not to endorse one religion over another or indoctrinate,” Marczak said.

Porterfield, however, finds Marczak’s assurances unconvincing.

“They are not going over anything else. So for the students to have to memorize this prayer, it does seem like it is indoctrination,” she said.

A meeting between parents and school teachers and administrators has been scheduled for Sept. 17 to allow Porterfield and other concerned Springhill parents to voice their concerns about the state’s history curriculum.

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SEE: http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/05/public-school-parents-angry-after-middle-schoolers-instructed-to-write-allah-is-the-only-god/;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

"Parents in a Nashville suburb expressed alarm this week because their middle school children are learning about Islam in a world history class but, they say, the school is pointedly ignoring Christianity.

Brandee Porterfield, who has a seventh-grade daughter at Spring Hill Middle School in Spring Hill, Tenn., said her daughter came home with world history schoolwork all about the Five Pillars of Islam and other core teachings of the Abrahamic religion.

Specifically, according to Spring Hill Home Page, Porterfield said her daughter’s world history project was based around the Five Pillars. The first and most important pillar — the shahada in Arabic — is roughly translated as: “There is no god but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God.”

Porterfield said her daughter’s teacher instructed the girl to write: “Allah is the only God.”"

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SEE: http://springhillhomepage.com/update-12-30-p-m-maury-parents-angered-over-islam-unit-mcps-to-release-statement-thursday-cms-5213;

EXCERPT:


"However, Maury resident Bob Crigger said Marczak's remarks "skirt the real issue" and "shows a callous attitude".

"It did not address the main concern of the parents," Crigger said. "The parents' concern is not 'social studies-world history content related to Southwest Asia culture and religion.' They are concerned that their children are being taught Islam in the classroom.

"The MCPS refused to utter the word 'Islam,' which means they ignored the concerns of the parents, and it shows a callous attitude toward the parents. Not only did they skirt the real issue, but they told the parents to go to the principals of the various schools if they have any further questions."






Crigger said pointing parents to their children's principals is part of "a political shell game.""

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FROM: http://adinakutnicki.com/tag/tennessees-maury-county-director-of-schools/;

EXCERPT:


"TRENCHANTLY, even though revolutionary leftists have many divergences with Islamists, the fact remains they join hands due to what they hold most dear; their hatred of America and Israel. It is core and key, and it attests to their totalitarian constructs. This nexus also drives them to merge forces vis-à-vis anti-American (western) and anti-Israel protests, and it binds them further in their Common Core quest to bring down America."

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Parents Object After 7th-Graders Write 'Allah Is the Only God' in History Class

Published on Sep 8, 2015


Tennessee parents are voicing their concerns about a middle school history assignment in which students were asked to write "Allah is the only God."

Brandee Porterfield joined "Fox and Friends" this morning, saying she has no problem with her seventh-grade daughter learning about Islam as part of world history, but believes time should also be devoted to Christianity.

"They did this assignment where they wrote out the Five Pillars of Islam, including having the children learn and write the Shahada, which is the Islamic conversion creed," she explained.

Porterfield said she spoke with the Spring Hill Middle School teacher and principal, who said there would not be similar lessons on Christianity and Judaism.

She said she reviewed the state standards and there are lessons upcoming on Hinduism and Buddhism. 

Unlike the lessons on Islam, however, Porterfield said students would not be expected to memorize a creed dealing with those religions.

"They don't study any other religions to this extent. ... It is the state sponsoring religion in schools. They're not going over anything else. For the students to have to memorize this prayer, it does seem like it's indoctrination," said Porterfield.

Maury County Director of Schools Chris Marczak issued the following statement on the curriculum:

Our teachers work together to make sure that our students are learning what is expected through the Tennessee academic standards. For this last section on the Islamic World this past week, our educators had students complete an assignment that had an emphasis on Islamic Faith. The assignment covered some sensitive topics that are of importance to Islamic religion and caused some confusion around whether we are asking students to believe in or simply understand the religion.
Marczak disputes that the school is emphasizing one religion over another or trying to "indoctrinate" students.







TN Middle School Teaches One Nation Under Allah

Published on Sep 15, 2015


In the Maury County School District, students were assigned a Five Pillars of Islam project that included the translation of the pillar of “Shahada” as being, “There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is his prophet.” Joy Ellis, the mother of a seventh-grader at Spring Hill Middle School, said that Christian children should not be instructed to write the Shahada. “This is a seventh grade state standard, and will be on the TCAP,” Ellis said. “I didn’t have a problem with the history of Islam being taught, but to go so far as to make my child write the Shahada, is unacceptable.”

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