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The Selfs eventually had to pull their son out of school to escape ridicule on campus. He is now on independent study at home.

Our homeschool curriculum was far too generous to Islam also. Of course, the advantage of homeschooling is that I was able to correct it. So when my 7 year old told me that Gabriel appeared to MoMo in a cave. I asked him how he knew it was Gabriel. He said "It's in the lesson."

So I asked him if Gabriel would say that Jesus faked his resurrection or to kill Jews or to kill people who become Christians after once being Muslims. He agreed that Gabriel would never say any of those things. So it wasn't Gabriel. So what did happen?

We finally ended up agreeing that: Either (1) Mohammed made the whole thing up; or (2) Mohammed was crazy; or (3) Satan appeared to Mohammed and told him he was Gabriel.

One of the big advantages of homeschooling--we can correct this crap before it sets in as true. When he did his picture narration, he portrayed Mohammed as a pirate.

Sad but true, I have had to tear out pages or cross out lines in a few of the books my sons have used at home. Here's an example in a book called, Everything You Need to Know About American History Homework: After describing the peaceful life of the nations and tribes of Native Americans and, of course, never mentioning that they ever fought with each other, the book goes on to say:

"At first, Native Americans welcomed the Europeans. They introduced the Europeans to tomatoes, corn, potatoes, and tobacco. Europeans introduced Native Americans to guns, sugarcane, and horses. They also brought diseases new to the Americas...which killed many Native Americans. When Europeans began to explore and later settle in North America, they used guns to take whatever they wanted. They thought they had to right to do this...."

I'm sure you get where this is going.

I've been thinking about starting a website where we all can review books and warn parents against buying them, but I'll probably never have the time to do it.