Islamic Studies Now Required In California District, The Details Are Scary According to recent reports, an increasing number of California public school students are being required to take a three-week course on Islam. The course reportedly mandates that seventh-graders learn the tenets of Islam, study important figures in the religion, and adopt a Muslim name. ASSIST News Service reports that students must also memorize and recite several verses of the Koran. We could never teach Christianity like this, one angry parent told reporters. Elizabeth Christina Lemings, a teacher in the Byron, California Union School District also expressed her anger with the policy. We cant even mention the name of Jesus in the public schools, Lemings told reporters. But they teach Islam as the true religion, and students are taught about Islam and how to pray to Allah. Can you imagine the barrage of lawsuits and problems we would have from the ACLU if Christianity were taught in public schools, and if we tried to teach about the contributions of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and the Apostle Paul? The textbook used for the course is called Across the Centuries, and is published by Houghton-Mifflin. It has been adopted by the California school system, and Islam is presented in a positive manner throughout. Meanwhile, religions like Christianity are shown in a darker light. Noticeably, the text leaves out the wars, massacres, cruelties against Christians and other non-Muslims that Islam has consistently perpetrated over the centuries. What do you think of the course? Would you let your child attend this course? 