KY: High School Prayer Axed After Muslim Complaint

The Council on American-Islamic Relations ^ | May 25, 2006 | Associated Press

[sageb1]

American Muslim News Briefs

Thursday, May 25, 2006

KY: High School Prayer Axed After Muslim Complaint

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

SHELBYVILLE - The principal of Shelby County High School said the school will not have formal prayer at graduation exercises next month after receiving a complaint from a student and the American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky.

Principal Gary Kidwell met Monday with the Board of Education and a lawyer as residents held a prayer vigil outside. Tuesday, Kidwell said the school will break from the tradition of student-led invocations and benedictions at graduation June 2.

The school "will be compliant with the law and also provide a respectful and dignified program for all students," he said.

Traditional prayers at a school banquet and an awards ceremony also will not be held, he said.

Last week, a court ordered a Russell County High School student who had been designated to pray at graduation not to do so. Students rose on their own and recited the Lord's Prayer during the principal's remarks. The student who had been designated to lead the prayer included religious messages in her remarks to graduates.

Arshiya Saiyed, 17, who is Muslim, identified herself Tuesday as the Shelby County student who filed the ACLU complaint. She said other students share her view, a contention echoed by Kidwell.

Arshiya said she understands that student speakers at Shelby County also might include a prayer in their remarks, but she hopes they will respect her objections to the formal prayer.

[goldstategop]

Of course, if a student prayed to Allah, no one would have a problem with it.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[sageb1]

More importantly, I will guarantee you it was not her own idea.

[Old Grumpy]

Can you imagine an American going to HER country and complaining about them praying??? Probably get beheaded.

[Velveeta]

Laura Mansfield wrote an excellent follow-up piece to this:

17 year old Muslim girl who opposes prayer at high school graduation: "look at how not incriminating my myspace is"

http://blog.lauramansfield.com/2006/05/19/17-year-old-muslim-girl-who-opposes-prayer-at-high-school-graduation-claims-assassin-as-occupation-in-myspace-profile.aspx

[Diogenesis]

Meanwhile, slaughter of Americans will continue.

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith,
but to become dominant. The Qur'an should be the highest authority in America,
and Islam the only accepted religion on earth"

--Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations), San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998

Qur’an 8:12 “I shall terrorize the infidels.
So wound their bodies and incapacitate them
because they oppose Allah and His Apostle.”

Qur’an 8:57 “If you gain mastery over them in battle,
inflict such a defeat as would terrorize them,
so that they would learn a lesson and be warned.”

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AMERICANS ON A BRIDGE IN FALLUJA BY ISLAMIC SUBHUMANS

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The War for Infinite Justice MUST BE ESCALATED

TORTURE OF AMERICANS BY ISLAMIC SUBHUMANS

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The War for Infinite Justice MUST BE ESCALATED

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PARTIAL LIST OF ISLAMIC TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated
1972 Munich Olympics Sep-5,1972 (Black September)
1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Nov. 4, 1979 444 days
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure, Nov 20,1979
1981 Assassination of Egyptian President, Oct 6,1981
1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Sept 14, 1982
1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut6, April 18,1983
1983 Bombing of Maring Barricks, Beruit, Oct 23,1983
1984 Hizballah Restaurant Bombing, April 12,1984
1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, Nov 23,1985
1985 Rome Airport murders
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing, Dec 21,1988
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1995 Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996
1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100's dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered
2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered
2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed
2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered
2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured
2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked
2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait
2002 Washington D.C. sniper
2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead
2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured
2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured
2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured
2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured.
2003 Rusian concert bombing
2003 Phillipines airport and market bombing
2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA
2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing
on and on and on and on their terrorism has gone .........

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The War for Infinite Justice MUST BE ESCALATED

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The War for Infinite Justice SHOULD HAVE BEEN ESCALATED IN 2001

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Russia at Beslan.

[sageb1]

I hope we can follow this and get an "after action" report. I get the feeling they are planning to do what they wish - informally. That should be a cue for ALL graduations all across this country.

[sageb1]

OMG! Unbelievable! I wonder if the school has this.

[sageb1]

"Arshiya , who says she works at the Kentucky Democratic Headquarters, for standing up for her beliefs,..."

[Coldwater Creek]

Tipton county, Tenn.

[Velveeta]

That's a good question.
I don't know the answer to that.
Maybe Laura (Stillproud2befree) does.

[Coldwater Creek]

This is not an immigration bill problem. Not wanting prayer at school graduations has been going on for decades.

[Dad yer funny]

yup , I'm sure her family and all their muzzie comrades...

...are quite pleased that she has drawn such attention[!!!]

... and with Galloway's stupid utterance today ,it just serves more notice on their rancid thoughts and plans

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

Please forgive me for my burst of outrage. Generally I am a live and let live type of guy. And yes I intentionally used profane language. These little punks needs to learn that there is a lot out there not to like. And that running to the ACLU every time you find something offensive is not the answer. Its going to piss off a lot of people. I am sick of being politically correct and having to watch what I say every minute of the day because someone might get their little itty bitty feeeeewings hurt. I don't give a damn any more. When one person who takes offense at something they find objectionable cries to the ACLU and tramples all over the rights of others, it is time to get indignant. If this little split tail were in ANY Islamic county she wouldn't GET an education. SO what right has she got to trample on the rights of others because she finds prayer and giving thanks offensive. In my opinion NONE!

If you find my previous post offensive I really don't care. I call it like I sees it.

[MeanWestTexan]

You need to add the "money quote" from the Moussaui trial to your Islam display:


Moussaoui's lawyer, Gerald Zerkin, asked his client why ``you hate America and Americans?'

' ``This is going to be long,'' Moussaoui said. He said the Koran instructs Muslims to fight against those who don't acknowledge Islam. ``So from the Islamic point of view, we have to be the superpower. We have to be above you.'' Islam's goal is to force the U.S. and other non-Islamic countries to ``pay tribute'' to avoid being invaded by Muslims, he said. ``Otherwise, we invade you. Otherwise, jihad."

[relictele]

I am approaching a very indigo shade of blue in repeating this mantra but here goes again....

Have most/all ceremonies off school grounds and make them voluntary! The silly disputes that involve prom/graduation/Christmas come up every year because some malcontent has a gripe.

Christmas: Have the plays, concerts, whatever at a hall or a church. Atheist? Anti-religious bigot? Don't celebrate Christmas? Great - take two weeks off, read your Little Red Book, watch a Tom Cruise film Dec. 25 and see you Jan 2nd.

Prom: principals and teachers are not cops, bouncers, liquor control agents, event promoters or attorneys. They can't even teach Johnny to read, so why put them in charge of a huge social event? Move the prom to the Embassy Suites, give every student and his/her date a voucher for entry and hire a suitable venue, providing ample security and keep a lid on the rowdies by refusing entrance and/or exit as needed. If it's not the Anytown High School Prom and instead is just the Anytown Prom few teens will care - it's the social event they are interested in.

Graduation: this is the stickiest one since it relates directly to education but many high schools have Baccalaureate religious services the week prior to graduation. A huge turnout by all non-objectors would be the ideal response to Heather Hijab and she could do nothing about it.

The point is that school boards and administrations are full of control freaks and modern schools are full of smartass jailhouse lawyers who aren't interested in civil rights or religion, just in creating more distractions from the actual process of learning by kicking up a fuss. Not a good combination.

Move the battle wholesale to another playing field and you can legally, morally and ethically ostracize the refuseniks. After all, they want to be independent, don't they? Here's their golden opportunity to be REALLY self-reliant and put an end to these look-at-me annoyances.

[BW2221]

"How muslims treat other when they are in power...
Good post. This is a good example of how muslims and the ACLU use our courts and our tax dollars to suppress our God-given freedoms."

The interesting thing is that the ACLU at the national level and most state levels is headed by secular Jews and gays ... the very people the Muzzies will persecute if they ever take over.

[Ro_Thunder]

Free ThinkerNY wrote:

The ACLU is Public Enema #1.



Typo? Freudian slip? Either way, apt.

[sageb1]

YES!

[mc5cents]

All christians, regardless of denomination, know the Lord's Prayer ("tresspasses" vs. "sins", being the only difference).

Well the protestents add the "for thine is the power and the glory..." to the end while the Catholics just say "amen". Other than that yea.