[FReepaholic]

>>... Muslim scholars organized the protest following reports that school children were given gifts with Christian emblems alongside charitable aid....<<

Will these agencies still send aid if they can't include religeous items?

Do parents have a right to raise thier children as they see fit? Even Muslim parents?

[cherry]

I participated in these drives before, and NO religious items were asked for or collected...we sent crayons, pens, pencils, little toy cars, soap, toothbrushes, paper pads, etc...etc...really subversive stuff.....not!

[just me]

Will these agencies still send aid if they can't include religeous items?

My mother in-law's church sends gifts in shoe boxes, and no religious symbols are alowed. They want the children to recieve the gifts. penciles, paper, tooth brushes combs, coloring books, and stuff like that..... I do know cause I have helped pack some of the boxes.

[visualops]

It does not say religious items were included.

Muslim scholars organized the protest following reports that school children were given gifts with Christian emblems

The protests were based on rumors. The anti-Western propagandists spread rumors they know will enflame the paranoid and ignorant populace.
That's my guess anyway. Anytime you see these stories, it's always someone "heard" something, or, there "were reports". You think the bulk of the media here is biased? Imagine how news and information (such as it is) is disseminated in a place like Somalia.