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Turns out a World Religions class is doing a unit on a World Religion called \u201cIslam\u201d. \u00a0Parents freak out.<\/a> \u00a0God forbid our children learn anything about the world of 1.6 billion of their fellow humans. Dude, if your religious formation for your children is so crappy that you are afraid they will convert due to a *homework* assignment, the problem is not your school.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"