VIDEO: Kids were asked to copy down the calligraphy of a statement that translates to "There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is the messenger of Allah." ...

Augusta County, Virginia, schools shut on sheriff’s concerns about angry calls and emails over a world religion homework assignment on Islam at Riverheads High.

UPDATE:STAUNTON, VA WHSV - All Augusta County schools and school activities canceled through the weekend because of backlash from a world geography assignment.Augusta County Public Schools had ...

Administrators shut down 24 schools in Augusta County, Virginia, on Friday after a homework assignment on Islam drew fury from parents, CNN reported. Cheryl LaPorte, a world geography teacher at ...

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Tensions mounted after a teacher at Riverheads High School in Augusta County asked her students to complete an assignment last week that involved practicing calligraphy and writing a statement in ...

At issue is an assignment demonstrating the artistic complexities of Arabic calligraphy, which included the Shahada, an Islamic proclamation of faith and a common phrase among Muslims during prayer.

Outrage over a homework assignment in Virginia caused a school district to cancel classes on Dec. 18. Administrators for Augusta County Public Schools decided to close the district’s schools ...

A geography teacher at the district's Riverheads High in Staunton, Virginia, gave an assignment asking students to try their hand at calligraphy by copying a statement in Arabic, according to the ...

A Virginia school system has decided to close schools Friday after a high school geography assignment on world religions led to allegations of Islamic indoctrination and a slew of angry emails and … ...

Authorities in Virginia have closed down Augusta County schools after a geography assignment at Riverheads High in Staunton on Islam led to allegations that children were being indoctrinated.