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"Corruption in our children's textbooks." Lawsuit says Muslim text use not right BY DAVID KIEFER A social studies textbook used in San Francisco public schools is at the center of a federal lawsuit filed against Contra Costa County's Byron Unified School District. "Across the Centuries," a state-mandated textbook for seventh-graders published by Houghton Mifflin, combined with a supplemental lesson entitled, "Islam: A Simulation of Islamic History and Culture: 660-1100 (Interaction Publishers)," is accused of being the cornerstone of an Islamic indoctrination program. The Byron district is "using taxpayer dollars to teach students how to worship as a Muslim," said Richard Thompson, legal counsel for the Christian-based Thomas More Law Center, which is filing the suit on behalf of four students and four parents from Byron's Excelsior School. The plaintiffs are seeking nominal damages against teacher Brooke Carlin, principal Nancie Castro and superintendent Peggy Green. The three-week lesson asks students to build model mosques, pretend they are going on a pilgrimage to Mecca and to memorize Islam's Five Pillars of Faith. In addition, the Islam simulation program includes handouts that introduce the lesson by saying, "You and your classmates will become Muslims." Students are then asked to take Muslim names, wear Muslim clothes, fast during a lunch period, memorize a prayer that includes the phrase, "Praise be to Allah, Lord of Creation," and participate in a dice game representing a jihad. "Parents with children in this course were totally caught off guard and had no idea what their children were being taught," Thompson said. "(The district) crossed way over the constitutional line." Green was unavailable for comment, but said in a January press release that misinformation has led to an unwarranted public panic. "Public schools do not 'indoctrinate' children on various religions, but they do expose them to the belief systems that have impacted the formation of our world." Stacy Yount of Interaction Publishers wondered where the controversy was before Sept. 11. After all, the Islam simulation program has been used since 1991, as has "Across the Centuries." "It's easy for people to take things out of context," said Yount, whose company specializes in creating role-playing lesson plans in more than 300 subjects. "I think people want to emphasize parts they want to emphasize." |