At Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, earlier last year a member of their “Cultural Arms Club” led the entire student body in an Arabic version of our Pledge of Allegiance, replacing the words “under God” with “under Allah.”
Principal Tom Lopez has come under fire for ´pushing an Islamic agenda´, which he denies, stating the move was to “destroy the barriers, embrace the cultures” that exist within the school.
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I am not a bigot, I hate no-one! but we are AMERICANS in AMERICA, our language is English, we founded this country on “ONE NATION UNDER GOD”….learn it, because this is where you live! those children DO NOT live in an Arabic nation, they live is the USA!
Our soldiers are (were) wounded or die(died)fighting for the freedom of those oppressed in the name of ALLAH…this IS wrong, there is no way to twist it to be right!
What do you think would happen to a Christian man, living in an Arabic nation, if he had Arabic/Muslim children recite their allegiance to a “Nation under GOD” ?? that teacher would be dead in the name of ALLAH…I am sorry this is not bigotry, it is fact!
And what would you say to the Islamic Man who dies for this country?
I’d say he didnt belong here in the first place, deport all muslims by force !
I agree totally , get them out of here there are no moderates once they have to choose a side ! AND THEY WILL HAVE TO !
He died for this country. This is America. That is the AMERICAN pledge. Not the Islamic pledge.
Dies for his country? You mean like the “martyrs” from 9/11?
I’d say he still has to say, “One Nation under God”, because “god” can mean Jesus, Allah, or whoever else you want it to. Allah is the Muslim God. You don’t hear the Pledge of Allegiance saying, “One Nation under Jesus”, so why say “Allah”? Absurd.
Allah is actually the Islamic translation of the word “god” (regular noun). Same way people don’t believe Jesus is the Christian God (proper noun, capitalized….he is actually nameless, because Jesus is God’s son, he is not God as you say…see the discrepancies in even us having same/similar beliefs?) because they are two different people is the same way other religions have multiple gods or other beliefs use “gods” as in a “god-like” being but not THE “God” (capitalized once again). It’s like saying “her” instead of a name like “Shannon”. Muslims don’t have a name for their god and the word “allah” is interchangeable like how we say “god” and “God”
Actually, Misa, Christians believe that it is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. They are all one in the same. We do not worship many gods, we worship ONE God, the only God.
Misa we believe in one God . And Allah is not him!
They chose to come here I would not apologize. This is America period!!!!Go their and try and change anything! Don’t like it go home!
I would say, “Good job Marines. You got another one.”
Most of the Islamic men dying today are not dying for their country….they are dying while conducting terrorist operations.
I totally agree with you. It’s about time we stopped letting all these people gradually try to turn our county into an arab one. They have been working on that ever since they started coming over here. They want to take America over and force us to convert to their ways.
If its voluntary then I guess they would have no problem with me using the name JEHOVAH. The founding fathers did NOT mean allah when they used the word creator they meant the God of the BIBLE.
OK so put the grades in the hands of the student next grading period it’s give them more understanding and brake down the barrier between the students and the teacher, right?
I do not like or want someone from another country coming in and even suggesting we pledge or sing about another country. These kids are being slowly brain washed along with adults. It deeply affends me
This is WRONG. We don’t say it in Chinese, Korean, or any other language. I AGREE, THIS IS AMERICA, AND OUR LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH!!!
I don’t think too many American-born Muslims speak Arabic. Same thing for other nationalities who are American born.
I think Principal Lopez is being racist to the non-Muslim students.
I totally agree however the original pledge did not have god in it at all.
I am 100% with you! Our country was founded by Christians, not Muslims. Our founding fathers believed in GOD, not Allah. This sickens and angers me beyond belief!!!! I do NOT think you are a bigot. I think you are a proud American…AS WE ALL SHOULD BE. It is hard to though when you have a Muslim for President…who is supplying the Muslim world that hates us with guns, ammo, etc.
I’ hardly bigoted or racist. You dont mess with me,my friends, or my family,then we’re good.I dont care who you are.You want to promote cultural awareness, learn the history of how certain religions came to be.But,this is the USA.As with everything in life,there are some things you just dont f**k with. Our AMERICAN pledge of allegiance is in the top 3
We lived in Islamabad Pakistan in 1979 when our embassy was attacked and burned. We lost 2 men and 2 Pakistani workers. Some Muslims are peaceful, but most of them want to kill all Americans and Christians! Why should we say the Pledge of Allegiance in their language?
My god you guys are ignorant. First off, BE we were not found as ONE NATION UNDER GOD. That was added to the pledge far later on. And also you guys say Allah as if that were an actual name. That is literally just the translation of the word god. Your so called “facts” are nothing more than your ignorance towards other cultures. Then the article says muslims in muslim states wouldn’t say anything like this using god instead o f allah. Didn’t your parents ever teach you two wrongs don’t make a right? Or be the bigger man instead of a whiny little brat who’s worried that their freedom to oppress others are being taken away so those people can be who they are?
Let me ask one thing were you or have you ever been to an Islamic country? I have and I have been shot at and they have tried to kill me and my men and they even tried to blow me up all in the name of the Islamic religion, If you don’t believe in this country and want to support these $#%&!@*s go ahead I have no use for them they rape lil boys in there country, treat woman like a doormat and despise all christens and whish to kill them and all western cultures. So if you are welcome for stating your peace freedom of speech I served and I fought for this right did you? and two wrongs do not make a right but taking out the enemy does.
Dear Annoyed,
I am annoyed as well!
First I find it annoying that whatever forum I go to someone is always calling names to those of different opinions, it has been my experience that those who do usually have nothing of importance to say if so the attempt to show superiority by intimidation would not be necessary.
Now for Allah being just a translation for God that may very well be, I have to take your word on that. However we are not discussing names for God (notice the capitalization)a common practice when referring to the one and only God.
As for being a whiny little brat, I an afraid my friend your culture is guilty of that one. In my short span of existence (66 years)I can remember many times we turned the other cheek when our citizens were beheaded, tortured, persecuted even to this day. All in the name of Allah I might add. So if you understood different cultures as you propose to do, you might understand we as Americans believe in freedom,we have freedom of choice. The atrocities were brought to us and we will defend ourselves.
In short to your last question, if you wand to mutilate your women, fill your children with hate, cover yourselves so no one can identify you fine so be it, if this is who you really want to be you have no place in my country go back to yours where people understand that sort of thing and leave us alone, because my friend you have no business here and we do not want you,
this country was founded on a devine christian foundation there are way too many Historic accounts of this very claim….you’re right the word God was added it was added b/c it was accepted that this country our country my country the United States of America would still and always recognize our foundation in our faith of Christian belief and strength…..muslims have made it more than perfectly clear they are not a faith of love even their very foundation was built on deception hate. It is well past time that we reclaim our Christian foundation and defend what we believe in this country from its founders and its heritage. again muslims have made it clear what they believe and they are still writing those beliefs in the bright red american blood of our troops and our christians and our citizens….our Bible talks about no other gods taking the place of our Christian God and this is a direct violation of that command this is how it begins in small towns and little schools and they title it cultural awareness and in fact its infiltration of the worst kind and attacks via of precious children…. STAND BACK STEP AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN ……
This is outrageous and reflects the growing anti-American ant- Christianity perverted views being imposed by liberal teachers and principals who have no clue about American exceptionalism.. Fox needs to be on this one.
Hey, IDIOT. This is AMERICA!! Now, even though it is not official, WE SPEAK ENGLISH IN AMERICA. Don’t like it, leave. They come to this country for a reason. They want to live here. Want to live here, follow our rules, learn our language, don’t like it, go home. Didn’t you parents ever teach you to be a proud, patriotic American instead is a scared little snot nosed kid who will bend over anytime someone wants to change this country?
who said it wasnt anti-muslim? I didn’t ….I mean to stand here and make it clear ….there is a huge amount of Americans that are anti-Muslim and if you think for a moment that calling us names like bigots etc scares us away you are sadly mistaken…we didnt mind too much when you stayed semi quiet and didnt push but after 911 hit and we became victims of Muslims and ur allah followers and still with killing our American Troops while we have opened our city gates to allow you here on American and Christian soil…. seems allah and his muslims want us Christian Americans to lay down and take the pushin ….WAKE UP MUSLIMS yes even those of you whom claim that you are gentle and loving muslims you are still killing us and ur book of faith tells you to do so…we are not the white devils Abraham was not a muslim our Jesus was and is not a muslim and we will not fail you will not prevail.
We pledge our allegiance to our county and our laws as established by the God of the Ten Commandments – The God of Israel and God, the Father.
WE do not worship the pagan moon god that CAIR worships. We do not pledge any allegiance to the foreign and barbaric Sharia Law, either.
We do not recognize CAIR as a legal organization, but as a terrorist-funding 5th column who are racist to the core.
Whoa, how does this hillbilly have access to the Internet in his or her region of the country? Assuming this nonsensical drivel was published during a prison sentence in which the offender first learned about “the World Wide Web” and the world outside of his trailer park.
What is this blog’s origin? Remote Appalachia? From where are these people commenting? I really want to know where people like these exist.
Is this website a hoax? I cannot wrap my mind around this. I feel like I’ve stumbled upon a KKK news site.
People seriously believe that the Roman Catholic principal attempting to promote diversity and cultural acceptance is part of an Islamic agenda? And all of you own computers and Internet connections? I don’t believe this is a real site.