A Facebook group supporting LaPorte had more than 2,000 members on Friday. The teacher, Cheryl LaPorte, declined to comment. “She gave it up and gave it to Muhammad.” “She gave up the Lord’s time,” Herndon said on Tuesday, according to the newspaper. Kimberly Herndon, who organised that event, said she may take the issue to court, the News Leader newspaper reported. The statement translated to: “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.” The teacher’s lesson was drawn from instructional material that also includes Judeo-Christian assignments.Īt a forum on Tuesday, one parent said the assignment promoted a false religious doctrine, while other parents expressed outrage. It is omnipresent in religious imagery, often appearing on the walls of mosques and in religious art, but also on the flags of groups such as the Islamic State. The teacher is worried about herself and her family, Fisher said.Īnger over the lesson has escalated since a teacher at Riverheads High School gave students an assignment that involved practicing calligraphy and writing a statement in Arabic - the Shahada, a profession of faith recited in Muslims’ daily prayers.
Some of the tens of thousands of emails and Facebook posts “posed a risk of harm to school officials” and threatened protests, superintendent Eric Bond said in a message to parents and employees today.Īugusta county sheriff Randall D Fisher said security has been assigned to Bond, the teacher who created the lesson and the school’s principal. A RURAL VIRGINIA school district cancelled classes and a holiday concert after being flooded with angry messages over a school calligraphy lesson that involved copying a Muslim statement of faith in Arabic.
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