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That is one hell of a correction by @NPR
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🔴🚨🏫 Connecticut Democrats Kick Christianity Out of Schools — But Roll Out the Red Carpet for Islam? The Hypocrisy of the Green (Black) and Red Alliance Is Staggering In yet another example of selective secularism from the left, Connecticut Democrats have quietly embedded a provision in a sprawling education omnibus bill that directs the state Department of Education to develop curriculum materials on Arab and Islamic studies for public schools. The law, which took effect earlier this month, makes the materials available to districts and encourages their use — even if adoption remains technically optional. State leaders will have resources ready by January 1. Muslim advocates are already celebrating it as a "positive sign." Farhan Memon, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Connecticut (CAIR-CT), put it bluntly: "The understanding and education around Islam and Muslim culture needs to start happening at schools in the social studies curriculum and the history curriculum." Memon argues this is essential to combat "anti-Muslim violence and overall anti-Muslim sentiments that [are] based on biases and stereotypes" happening "both nationally and in Connecticut." Let's be honest about the premise here. Is Connecticut experiencing some epidemic of anti-Muslim harassment that justifies state-mandated Islamic curriculum development? The evidence doesn't support that narrative. The main incident repeatedly referenced involves an attack on state Rep. Maryam Khan (the first Muslim woman in the Connecticut House) and her family during an Eid al-Adha celebration. It was carried out by one homeless, mentally ill man. That attacker was sentenced to prison — where he later died, apparently without receiving meaningful mental health treatment. Rep. Khan, now running for state Senate in the 2nd District, has received endorsements from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the Working Families Party (WFP). These are the same groups that loudly champion "defund the police" and radical criminal justice reform. Yet in this case, a clearly troubled individual ended up in the prison system instead of getting the mental health intervention he needed. That's not a societal wave of bigotry — that's a failure of the very progressive policies these endorsers push. School bullying incidents, like the one in Waterbury involving Muslim students, are tragic but hardly proof of systemic "Islamophobia" requiring special state intervention. Isolated acts by the mentally ill do not justify carving out dedicated curriculum space for one religion while other faiths get the boot. This brings us to the glaring double standard. For years, Democrats and secular activists have fought tooth and nail to purge any trace of Christianity or traditional religion from public schools: no school prayer, no nativity scenes, no Ten Commandments displays, constant lawsuits over "establishment clause" violations. The message has been loud and clear: keep religion out of the classroom. Unless, apparently, that religion is Islam. Now we're told we must proactively teach "Islamic and Arab studies" to counter stereotypes. CAIR-CT even plans to work directly with the state Department of Education to shape the curriculum and ensure "Muslim communities have input." Memon has complained that current textbooks present a "highly biased view of Islam and Muslims." Translation: they want the state to produce materials that present Islam in a more favorable light. Public schools already cover world history, including contributions from Islamic civilizations (algebra, astronomy, medicine, etc.). No one is stopping factual education about any culture or faith in proper historical context. But this isn't neutral history — it's advocacy-driven, pushed by a specific interest group with a clear agenda. And that group is CAIR. Let's not pretend otherwise. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has formally designated CAIR (along with the Muslim Brotherhood) as a terrorist organization under state law. Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation directing the State Department to review whether CAIR meets the criteria for designation as a foreign terrorist organization, citing its alleged ties to Hamas supporters and history as an unindicted co-conspirator in major terror-financing cases. CAIR presents itself as a civil rights organization. Critics — including multiple state legislatures — see it as something far more problematic. Giving this group influence over what Connecticut kids learn about Islam in taxpayer-funded schools is reckless at best. The broader pattern is obvious: one set of rules for traditional Western/Christian culture (erase it, mock it, litigate it out of existence) and a completely different set for Islam (celebrate it, protect it from criticism, embed it in the curriculum). This isn't tolerance. It's ideological favoritism dressed up as "cultural understanding." Connecticut families deserve public schools that stay neutral on religion — teaching accurate history without special pleading or state-sponsored promotion of any faith. Singling out Islam for dedicated curriculum development, especially at the urging of a controversial group like CAIR and based on exaggerated claims of widespread harassment, exposes the hypocrisy for what it is. If Democrats truly cared about mental health and reducing violence, they'd focus on getting troubled individuals the treatment they need instead of using one tragic incident as a pretext to inject Islamic studies into classrooms. But that wouldn't fit the narrative. The selective outrage and selective secularism on display here is exactly why so many parents are fed up. @CTCentinal @TonyDeAngelo7 @AAGDhillon @EagleEdMartin @EDSecMcMahon @RonDeSantis
