North Carolina Schools Body Rejects Objects to Quran in English Literature Lesson
The text was referenced in a world culture lesson being
taught in Lynn Joyner’s 10th-grade English class.
Over the course of the lesson, students learn about
elements of Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, polytheism and Islam.
Juli Williams said her daughter is a student in Joyner’s
English class, and she was outraged when she saw what her daughter was
studying.
"The Quran is not a story,” Williams said. "It is a bible.
With as much literature as there is out there, whatever they are trying to
teach could be taught using another book.”
The English class was using a county-issued world
literature textbook, "World Masterpieces,” that has been approved by the state
for 10th-graders.
Wilson County school board policy says public schools are
not required to delete religion from curriculum that may offend religious
sensitivity if it prevents students from receiving a complete education, such
as studying music without mention of sacred music or architecture without
cathedrals.
According to Wilson County Schools spokeswoman Amber
Lynch, the religious texts are part of the state’s curriculum and as long as
school board policy is followed, WCS is in support of teaching informative
lessons on different religions and their texts.
Source: Wilson Times
