# Tracing the shahada **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 18, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-the-shahada/740790 "2015-12-18T17:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 47
**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-the-shahada/740790/47 "2015-12-18T22:01:25Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > If I understand correctly, it’s a class on world geography. Et voila, informations > [@Moron hillbilly's in bumfuck Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moron-hillbillys-in-bumfuck-virginia/740744/11): > > To clarify a little bit, it appears that this assignment was part of the class study on world religions, the assignment in question came out of a standard textbook and while it doesn’t have an English translation it does state quite clearly that it is the “Islamic statement of faith”. > > Here’s a CNN story, including a picture of the actual assignment. > > [http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/us/virginia-school-shut-islam-homework/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/18/us/virginia-school-shut-islam-homework/index.html) > > So to sum up: > > -Class specifically includes study of world religions. > -Class uses a standard textbook on the subject. > -Teacher picks an assignment from that same textbook. > -Assignment does say what the phrase is about. > > Yes, obviously a case of a rogue teacher stealthily indoctrinating innocent students into an Evil Religion completely outside of the material that they should have been learning. it is interesting to see the supposed greater rationalism melt away when exposed to only a bit of stress about the other. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-the-shahada/740790)._