A Portland student writes answers in Arabic during an exercise in language class. (Staff) Arabic calligraphy lesson: Hugh Ferguson is bothered by the reaction of parents to a lesson in which students ...

Parents erupt over homework assignment asking students to write a phrase in Arabic saying "There is no God but Allah " Backlash over a homework assignment on Islam at a Virginia school led officials ...

Schools and administrative offices in Augusta County, Virginia will be closed on Friday after a parent created an Islamophobic backlash by vehemently rejecting the legitimacy of an assignment that ...

A Virginia school district is defending a classroom assignment that required students to practice calligraphy by writing the Muslim statement of faith, “There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the ...

A Virginia county closed all of its schools Friday because of intense backlash over a class assignment about Islam, with some parents alleging that their children were being subjected to Muslim ...

The assignment on world religions that was handed out to students at Riverheads High School in rural Virginia seemed pretty simple, on its face. A teacher’s printout explained why calligraphy was ...

After a teacher at a Virginia school handed out a standard homework assignment on Islam, such an angry backlash flooded in that it prompted officials to close every single county school as a safety ...

WASHINGTON — The Anti-Defamation League last week issued an unusual retraction and apology for suggesting that Islam’s declaration of faith, the Shahada, is an “expression of hate” that is “closely ...

If there was any doubt that Americans haven’t figured out a good way to grapple with Islam, look no further than Augusta County, Virginia. Schools there are closed today after an uproar over an ...

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