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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the Islamaphobes whom said they would pull their kids out of school if their kindergarteners learned that Muslims kneeled and said God is great, what part offends you? I mean, do they know that Christians go to church and take communion or Jews to to synagogues and pray? I promise you your kids are not going to convert if they learn about Muslims. They might end up more *gasp* tolerant though. [/quote]

The problem in some (not all) cases is that they don't teach comparable things about Christians, Jews, and even atheists. Certain schools and certain teachers seem to have granted Islam special status by nature of Muslims being perceived as "oppressed"[/quote]

Public school product here and child of Asian immigrants.
I didn't learn a thing about any religion nor their history. I didn't understand the divisions within Christianity, the significance of Martin Luther, Judaism, not a thing about Jewish pogroms in Europe, Islam and the Crusades. 
All I knew was that the Jews were blamed during WWII (not given any context as to why). Wasn't aware there was a Catholic / Protestant animus.[b] Didn't know that Muslims worshipped a different God. [/b]
I only became aware of this stuff when reading some of the "Great Books" canon in college. Boy did I feel like a rube.

I got the sense that non-Asians were exposed to this stuff at home with off the cuff references. Even if they didn't share a religion, they were all in a loose cultural club that often brushed up against one another and that gave them exposure to each other.
I came away with a strong notion that a half year long class in world religions might do some good, especially for the children of immigrants who decide to settle in this Judeo-Christian society. Because that's the framework that shaped the values of western society so maybe some context would be good.[/quote]

They don't.  It's the same God. 
Islam worships the same God as Jews and Christians, meaning the one God of Abraham, who is considered the single creator of the universe; while the names may differ ("Allah" in Arabic, "Yahweh" in Hebrew), the essence of the deity is considered the same across these Abrahamic religions, with the key principle being monotheism (belief in one God) as the foundation[/quote]

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