First of all, I congratulate James Harper, the student who quit his high school choir. It took guts to be different and break from the crowd by not allowing something he doesn’t believe in to be forced upon him.
If we don’t have more individuals such as James Harper standing up for his beliefs, in the not-too-distant-future the people of this country will be overrun by Islam. There are already way too many Muslim apologists out there.
By the way, I despise all religions; I just despise Islam most of all – for obvious reasons. Can anyone say terrorism, beheadings, abuse of women, stoning to death, suicide bombers? TGO
Refer to story below. Source: The Blaze
The Blaze – Thu, Feb 16, 2012
A Colorado high school student quit the school choir after an Islamic song containing the lyric “there is no other truth except Allah” found its way into the chorus.
James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, put his objection to singing “Zikr,” a song written by Indian composer A.R. Rahman, in an email to Mesa County School District 51 officials.
“I don’t want to come across as a bigot or a racist, but I really don’t feel it is appropriate for students in a public high school to be singing an Islamic worship song,” Harper told KREX-TV. “This is worshipping another God, and even worshipping another prophet … I think there would be a lot of outrage if we made a Muslim choir say Jesus Christ is the only truth.”
Below is the Islamic song in its entirety:
But district spokesman Jeff Kirtland defended the decision to include the Islamic song:
“Choral music is often devoted to religious themes. … This is not a case where the school is endorsing or promoting any particular religion or other non-educational agenda. The song was chosen because its rhythms and other qualities would provide an opportunity to exhibit the musical talent and skills of the group in competition, not because of its religious message or lyrics,” Kirtland told FoxNews in an email. He added that the choir “is a voluntary, after-school activity.”
“Students are not required to participate, and receive no academic credit for doing so,” he said.
Fox reports that an upcoming concert held by the choir is slated to include an Irish folk song and an Christian song titled “Prayer of the Children,” in addition to the song by Rahman.
It was on the news this morning that James had to take down his Facebook page due to harassment and death threats by moderate Muslims.
That’s how Muslims resolve everything; with violence, destruction and death – it’s called being uncivilized.