{"id":30065,"date":"2017-01-19T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30065"},"modified":"2017-01-19T12:26:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T17:26:53","slug":"what-did-you-learn-in-school-today-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30065","title":{"rendered":"What Did You Learn In School Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Caller<\/a> posted a story today about Middle School<\/a> students in a southern Indiana<\/a> school who were taught that living under Sharia Law<\/a> is wonderful.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The assignment provides a reading passage ostensibly written by a 20-year-old woman named Ahlima who resides in Saudi Arabia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahlima says she feels \u201cvery fortunate\u201d to be governed by Sharia law \u2014 the notorious Islamic penal code<\/a> which, in countries such as Saudi Arabia, includes the practice of cutting off the hands of criminals who steal. She observes that she is about to become some guy\u2019s second wife. She supports the repressive clothes women in Saudi Arabia must wear. \u201cI understand that some foreigners see our dress as a way of keeping women from being equal,\u201d Ahlima writes. \u201cI find Western women\u2019s clothing to be horribly immodest.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article points out that Ahlima is an imaginary character invented by Sharon Coletti, the president of InspirEd Educators<\/a>, and based on someone Ms. Coletti saw interviewed on a television program.<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

Coletti, the creator of the assignment, defended her work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I can shape something so that kids have to decide for themselves, once I get them involved in the situation, they never forget it,\u201d the former social studies teacher told The Courier-Journal<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coletti, who describes herself as\u00a0a practicing Christian, also said she hopes her materials help student to become \u201cpatriotic\u201d and \u201cproblem-solvers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the fictional story of 20-year-old Ahlima who is becoming a second wife\u00a0and loves to wear repressive clothing is apparently no longer for this world after the Highland Hills Middle School<\/a> kerfuffle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coletti said she will retire the assignment and related material going forward because she doesn\u2019t want to court bad press.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The same assignment has caused parents to be angry in the past. In 2011, parents in Smyrna, Georgia accused Coletti of \u201cindoctrinating\u201d middle school children with the Sharia lesson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where are the feminists when you need them?<\/p>\n

We need to teach our Middle Schoolers that all cultures and legal systems are not equal. We need to stop apologizing for western civilization. Western civilization is not perfect, but it provides more freedom and opportunity for all people, including women, than Sharia Law. According to Sharia Law, a man can have more than one wife. All a man has to do to divorce his wife by declaring “I divorce you.” She has no say in the matter. The testimony of a woman in court is worth less than the testimony of a man in court under Sharia. Under Sharia Law, the murder of infidels or taking them as sex slaves is allowed. Under Sharia Law, pedophilia is acceptable. There is no religious freedom under Sharia Law.\u00a0 Under Sharia Law, allegiance is to Islam–not to a country or the set of laws of that country. That is why Sharia Law and the U.S. Constitution<\/a> are incompatible.<\/p>\n

Teaching school children that Sharia Law is a good thing is teaching them that women have no value. Is that really the lesson we want to teach our young women?<\/p>\n

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