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# Virginia Schools Close Over Islam Homework Assignment

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## Video: Virginia Schools Close Over Islam Homework Assignment

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_Published 2015-12-18. Schools in Augusta County, Virginia, were closed Friday after outrage over a homework assignment on Islam prompted officials to take action._


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## Transcript

Outrage over a Virginia teacher's geography assignment has prompted officials to close every school in one of the state's counties on Friday. The assignment was to copy the Shahada, or the main Islamic creed in Arabic calligraphy. Arabic calligraphy is a historical expression of art and oftentimes uses text from the Koran. But some parents were upset , even tough the assignment was voluntary according to local media. After be being inendaded with calls and emails, the county school system made the decision thursday evening. Parents held a meeting against the calligraphy assignment and said their kids could be indoctrinated to islamic beliefs but local media report that the assignment did not give a definition of the Jihada.

One parent spoke on Facebook saying. I am preparing to confront the county on this issue of the Muslim indoctrination taking place here in an Augusta county school. This evil has been cloked in the form of multiculturism. Public schools can't teach religion. The school says the designment, wasn't designed to promote a religious view point or change any student's religious beliefs. The school is expected to reopen after the weekend.

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