The Thomas More Law Center is asking the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit decision allowing the Excelsior School in Byron, California, to continue teaching a three-week course in Islam, in which students take Muslim names, participate in Muslim rituals like fasting, use phrases like Allahu Akbar (God is great), imagine themselves Muslim soldiers or pilgrims, and play jihad games, among other activities.
The court said that these activities do not constitute teaching religion, but only teaching about religion. This is the same court that forbade the recital of the Pledge of Allegiance because of the phrase “under God.” Let’s hope the Supreme Court takes the case.