Weekly Terrorism Spotlight

Volume 1, Issue 4 (April 7)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Citizens respond to Islamic religious programs

Petition calls on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to end state funding of Islamic religious education in California, and to issue a state report on possible religious fairness infractions.

Christian action is underway on the Islamic education in public schools front, as Christian Action Network president Martin Mawyer begins what will be salvo after salvo of gathered petitions for state governor responses in every state across America.

CAN petitions are on the way to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to end the state sponsorship of Islamic religious instruction.

The petition drive, Mawyer said, calls for a gubernatorial probe of violations to what have become accepted norms for interpreting the “Establishment Clause” of the U.S. Constitution.

“This is an interpretation that has put Christian and Jewish Bible themes out of the public schools and the lives of our school children, and we have had to deal with that as parents and as Christian church and ministry leaders,” Mawyer said.

“What I find totally ridiculous and unacceptable is for public schools to turn around and start public funded programs that favor Islamic religious instruction, Islamic prayers, and Islamic religious dietary laws.”

In an appeal to Schwarzenegger, and soon to all 50 U.S. state governors, Mawyer states, “As president of 250,000-member Christian Action Network, I ask you to initiate a probe into the special accommodations and favoritism now being extended at public expense to religious Muslim students that are denied to students of Christian, Jewish and other religions.”

He adds that tens of thousands of concerned Christian citizens join in the ongoing petition to ask their state government “to end the pro-Islamic religious favoritism in public schools and at public-funded colleges and universities wherever they are discovered,” he said.

“In a development you may find ironic, though adversaries on numerous issues in the past, the American Civil Liberties Union is beginning close scrutiny of the pro-Islamic favoritism, agreeing with our position,” Mawyer added.

“The instances of favoritism and pandering are becoming that obvious. There are cases of public schools separating students by sex as an accommodation to Muslim religious views, more of teaching Islamic prayers and theological doctrines as superior to others.

“Muslim prayer rooms, ceremonial foot baths, Islamic religious dietary restrictions and religious holiday observances are more signs of public favoritism for Islamic religious views over others,” Mawyer added.

“This favoritism is not escaping our attention, so we are responding against the clear pandering to Islam that is taking place after years of secularizing away Christian and Jewish influences.”

The petition calls on governors to respond to the Christian Action Network office so action on the issue can be confirmed.

“I want to give a favorable report to our members and to a public that is rising up in alarm to this egregious and very sensitive injustice,” Mawyer said.