The assignment was not meant to mock Muhammad or insult Muslims. It simply involved drawing pictures related to various Islamic terms: Koran, Mecca, Muhammad. The banning of images of Muhammad even at this level and with this intent is kowtowing to violent intimidation, which will only encourage more of it, and accepting Sharia restrictions on the freedom of speech. Neither one bodes well for the future of the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District, or of the nation at large. Most political, religious, and media leaders, however, are eagerly jumping on this bandwagon, selling out our freedoms in a short-sighted and ill-considered attempt to avoid “insulting” Muslims and “poking them in the eye.”
“CA District Bans Depicting Religious Leaders After Middle Schoolers Draw Muhammed,” by Trey Sanchez, Truth Revolt, November 5, 2015 (thanks to Bob):
Drawing Islam’s Prophet Muhammed has been banned in a California school district after 7th-graders were given an assignment that asked them to sketch images related to the religion.
According to the Los Angeles Daily News, a parent complained when her son brought home the vocabulary assignment that had terms about Islam printed (Koran, Mecca, Muhammed) with space provided to draw related pictures.
When this was brought to the attention of Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District Superintendent Brent Woodard, he consulted with an “expert on Islam” and made the announcement that drawing religious figures will no longer be allowed as assignments.
“I have directed all staff to permanently suspend the practice of drawing or depiction of any religious leader,” Woodard said. “I am certain this teacher did not intend to offend anyone and in fact was simply teaching respect and tolerance for all cultures.”
But that’s not how Melinda Van Stone saw it when she viewed her 12-year-old son’s work two weeks ago:
“It’s not appropriate to have our children go to school and learn how to insult a religious group.”
Stone learned that while the lesson was based on state-approved curriculum, the individual worksheet was brought in by the teacher separately. However, school district President Ed Porter defended the teacher saying he is “very tolerant” and “inclusive.”
Porter added, though, that “more sensitivity” is needed.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Los Angeles chimed in urging the district to stick to “formally approved” material and only “use that material rather than running the risk of using inaccurate or offensive material.”

pdxnag says
Was there an accompanying statement?:
Rage Boy and his fellow Muslim barbarians always look for any excuse to rage, it is what they do – against non-Muslim Infidels. The ban will be lifted when they cease to be barbarians. But by then who would care to draw the original mad man Mohammad?
Ralph says
Lets See What “GOD” Said About These Muslim’s; Genesis 16: 7 thru 12 and Galatians Chapters 3, 4, 5 And There You Will Find That They Will Be As Wild Donkey’s And They Would Be Against Everyone And Everyone Would Be Against Them, Even Unto Their Own Brothers. And The Seed Of The “Slave Woman(Hagar) Would Not Receive The Promise GOD Gave To Abraham And The Seed Of The Slave Woman(Hagar) Would Persecute The Seed Of The Free Woman(Sarah) Then, Now, And Thereafter… So There You Have The Destiny Of The Muslim’s; This Includes “The Half Breed Black Muslim President(Obama)…
saumya verma says
Very true..if you go by the ancient texts… vedic texts also refer to origin of ‘ shaitan’ in the dry desert areas of land where their will be lack of life..water and emotions…
Certainly the ideologies and religion should not be taken casually like the whole world has been avoiding under the mask of secularism….The orthodox faith is more imp to him thn his life.. an empty mind is evil’s den…
Karen says
I assume that the parent involved would like others to examine her character and motives before they make serious judgments against her. In fact, she could have engaged the school in an informed, adult discussion about her concerns. How sad then, that she wrote the letter she did, before any of the facts were in.
gravenimage says
It sounds as though Melinda Van Stone wanted to outdo the pandering school district in “political correctness”. Sadly, this idiocy is *hardly* uncommon.
Dan says
Actually, since it’s kids involved, I would tell them not to draw Mohamed either.
They’re kids, and we don’t put our children in harms way.
BUT….
I would explain to them it’s because some religions, or at least a good percentage of a particular religion, will actually go around killing others out of intolerance, and also say that, at this moment in time, it’s Islam.
TexianWife says
WHAT? Tell the kids the truth??? You must be joking!!!
I am wondering how this “teacher” was not aware that this false religion prohibits drawing or any other means of portraying old Mo-ham-head. Aren’t teachers supposed to be at least a little bit smart? And be aware of current events?
SMH
Angemon says
What kind of insane troll logic is that?
خَليفة says
How about teaching kids not to be insulted in the first place?
Proverbs 12:16 – A fool shows his annoyance at once,
but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Sigmund Freud – The first human to hurl an insult instead of
a stone, was the founder of civilization.
Russell Lynes – The only gracious way to accept an insult is
to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it;
if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t
laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.
Publilius Syrus – A truly noble nature cannot be insulted.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca – It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
Confucius – It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Angemon says
Also, marc and/or Robert, the TruthRevolt link is pointing to the wrong article:
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/22000-funneled-through-ohio-support-islamic-terrorism
rather than
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/ca-district-bans-depicting-religious-leaders-after-middle-schoolers-draw-muhammed
Walter Sieruk says
Maybe the violent fiasco that occurred in the state of Texas had scared many people in to having a ban on a Muhammad cartoon contest.. Meaning the one held by Pamela Geller in which those two Muslims came with murderous intent because they found the cartoons offense. It should be stated that the fault of what of the violence in that Texas cartoon even was the fault of those violent Muslims who came with intention of killing for Islam. So those deadly Muslims are to blame for what happened and not Pamela Geller or the cartoon event For those two Muslims could have staged a peaceful protest to the cartoon event. Instead they made the choice to use of terror of jihad violence as a form of protest That they had made the choice of using deadly jihad violence to object to the event and not staged a peaceful protest to that event.This only exposes two things. First, it shows that evil is always looking for an excuse. Second,.it shows the very violent and deadly nature of Islam which inspires men to engage on behavior that have the intentions of murderous violence.
gravenimage says
Walter Sieruk wrote:
Maybe the violent fiasco that occurred in the state of Texas had scared many people in to having a ban on a Muhammad cartoon contest..
………..,…………….
Walter, brainless parent Melinda Van Stone did not sound scared for hr child when she said this:
“It’s not appropriate to have our children go to school and learn how to insult a religious group.”
Instead, like so many dhimmi tools she was concerned about touchy Mohammedans having their precious feelings hurt.
Roger says
Surely, in a normal society, law enforcement would be setting up and encouraging these “draw mohammed” events to draw these scumbags out and execute or at least arrest them. The FBI sets up these weirdos once a month to make arrests, in sting operations.
Theodoric says
Recently reported theolinguistic evidence indicates conclusively that the so-called “Prophet” Muhammad was actually a DINOSAUR. Doesn’t it seem quite possible that there will be a massive exodus of Muhammadans from Islam when this fact becomes common knowledge?
Scholars Are Asking: Was The “Prophet” Muhammad Actually A DINOSAUR?
An obscure yet eminent theolinguist has recently determined that the Quranic word Kafir, mistakenly translated as “Infidel” or “Disbeliever” for many centuries until today, was in fact originally used by the “Prophet” Muhammad simply to mean a NON-DINOSAUR.
But after Muhammad died, human beings eventually gained control of Muhammad’s religion, and deviously changed the meaning of the word Kafir, thereby turning Islam completely away from its original purpose as conceived and revealed by the “Prophet” Muhammad — who simply desired to slay or subjugate the pesky Non-Dinosaurs.
Muhammasaurus Rasulex:
* Last of the Prophets among the Dinosaurs
* Last of the Dinosaurs among the Prophets
https://drawthevileprophet.wordpress.com/2015/05/09/scholars-are-asking-was-the-prophet-muhammad-actually-a-dinosaur/
abad says
Like Godzilla?
Oh no, they say he’s got to go go go Godzilla
Sovereign Man says
I was thinking the Muhammad was actually a type of nematode that infects and takes over the mind of its host, similar to Spinochordodes tellinii (google at your own peril if really gross insect related things bother you 🙂
It is possible, however, that the Muhammad worm first emerged from dinosaur droppings.
PRCS says
Note that the school has banned depictions of ALL religious figures–citing in particular Jesus, Moses, Muhammad.
You know, religious figures that Islam has either fabricated (Muhammad) or co-opted (Jesus and Moses).
The ruling is an overreach, of course, as it only Islam which prohibits the drawings of humans–and other animals (considered per a hadith to usurp a power vested with Allah alone–the creation of life).
But, and limiting the challenge solely to religious figures:
Ain’t the Pope a religious figure? How about the Dali Lama? How about Mother Theresa?
Should they also not be drawn?
To what degree do Ms. Van Stone and the school’s administrators believe the little kuffar kiddies should be prevented from offending Muslims?
Would they even consider reminding Muslims that, here, people have rights; their religious beliefs do not.
خَليفة says
Sura 3:49 and 5:110 state Jesus made birds from clay, blew on them, they became real and flew away.
PRCS says
So?
خَليفة says
Jesus created life. Only God can create life. Jesus is God.
Dag Walker says
“It’s not appropriate to have our children go to school and learn how to insult a religious group.”
Happily for me, I don’t live in California, and I don’t go to school. Instead, I write books. Two of my later books are Mohammed cartoon books. The first is a book of Motoons with a section on dhimmis and other leftard losers. The second is an illustrated life of Mohammed.
First, Motoons.
http://www.amazon.com/Motoons-D-W-Walker/dp/0987761579/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446919345&sr=1-1&keywords=motoons
Always on Watch wrote a review of Snootom:
Dag has written a clever book resonating with the kind of satire for which Jonathan Swift rightly became famous.
Acerbic, darkly humorous, and politically incorrect, “Snootom” wryly depicts the grave danger which today confronts all of Western civilization. Yes, that danger is gaining momentum day by day, but when graphics are added and given the captions which Dag has provided, there really is something ludicrous about the beliefs and doings — all inspired by Demmahom.
As the title of this review indicates, “Snootom” makes the reader chuckle and wince and the same time. Malsi insults itself day by day and hour by hour.
Invest an hour or two of your time to explore this book. You won’t be sorry. And don’t overlook solving the word scrambles!
http://www.amazon.com/Snootom-D-W-Walker/dp/0987761587
abad says
Think I’ll draw the Quran, with a picture of Mo on, with the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes image as the backdrop.
🙂
lothos says
…just in case anyone thinks this wont ever affect them, i have just been sacked for ‘gross misconduct’ for ‘offending’ my muslim friend…
…we had been friends for almost 10 years…i have helped with several professional and personal issues…
…and although he wasnt ‘muslim enough’ to follow the rules about no alcohol and not cheating on his wife, he was so ‘offended’ about my pic of muhammad-as-darth vader that not only did he complain about me to our employer, he also told several of his muslim friends (who are not-so-blasè with mo’s rules) what i had done too…
…needless to say, i wont be creating any ‘dialogue’ with him any time soon…
somehistory says
Religious freedom at work is not an absolute…like race and gender are absolute and can’t be discriminated against. Try complaining to the EEOC. Your job may have to hire you back.
gravenimage says
Where were you fired from. lothos? You should fight.
And your experience does not surprise me–many Muslims who appear superficially “moderate” because they drink or sneak food during Ramadan still fail to actually share our values, and turn out to be quite Islamic after all.
And all too many Infidel work places are ready to pander to them.
خَليفة says
CA is heading towards sharia – all those liberal democrats have no idea what’s ahead…
Anyone can draw Muhammed in 4 easy steps:
1) go to the bathroom
2) close the door
3) when finished with #2 take some paper
4) wipe
Presto, your first impressionistic image of Muhammed.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Did you know that the text string “Calif” comes from “Caliph”? This is a true but little known fact about the Golden State. I was in grade school when the Free Speech demos went down in Sproul Plaza, and then I knew that the state was touching the nadir on the freedom thing and would later ascend to the Islamic heights, and here we are.
خَليفة says
I did not know this… Thanks – did some googling and found this…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calafia
The good news is Queen Calafia was defeated, converted to Chrstianity and …
gravenimage says
This is true, APF.
rubiconcrest says
The superintendent has this completely backwards. People living in the west have to be tolerant of our constitution. We don’t have blasphemy laws here. No one has a right to ‘not be offended’. This was a great opportunity lost. The students are being sent the message that they cannot draw something that another person might not like. Where does it end Mr. Woodard? If a parent does not want you to teach about the Nazi treatment of Jews, about the Armenian genocide or another parent about evolution because they are offended are you going to declare those lessons off limits as well? Of course not …. except when it comes to one easily offended ideology? Why?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
“I have directed all staff to permanently suspend the practice of drawing or depiction of any religious leader,” Woodard said.
Does this mean that masturbating on 6-yr old girls is gonna be illegal in California too? I axe this outta sincere concern, cuz that’s where the Eagles are headquartered. Also of concern is that the Ayatollah of Persia, not the Ali Khameneni one but the Ruhollah Khomeini one, issued a fatwa about having sex with babies and toddlers, a do’s and don’ts guideline. So if we’re in bed with the Persians on nuke control, is it ok to have disparate laws on pedophilic sex? Don’t draw Mohammed or Mecca, and don’t go to bed with a hairy old man, or do, depending on what this guy with a PhD in Education comes up with.
خَليفة says
This must then apply to the Pope, Dhali Lama, ayatollah khomeini, Ali Khamenei, Siddhartha Gautama, Joseph Smith, Charles Taze Russell, Ellen white, L. Ron Hubbard, Vardhamana Jnatiputra, and so, so,so,so many more, including Bobby Henderson, the prophet of FSM. And if you found your own religion, no one can make images of you and post them on social media.
California should have training seminars to sensitize people, and publish lists of all the people You are no longer able to draw. What the heck, make it simple, just make a law that says you can’t draw anyone or anything living thing, oh wait, that’s the sharia.
Here again is a manifestation of the law of unintended consequences that so often oozes from the gangrenous minds of leftist liberals.
somehistory says
I wouldn’t want a child of mine to draw the filthy one…for safety reasons but also cause he was a filthy raper of children and a mass murderer. A child is not safe in school, esp these days when moslims, even those on terror watch lists and expected to attack a school, are free to advance with gun and or knives and kill at will before someone can show up and end it. To draw the filthy murderer would just be drawing attention to the school without giving extra protection.
On the other hand, I also wouldn’t want my child to be *learning* what a wonderful thing is islam…such as the only religion and that their satanic god is the True God…among all of the other lies children are being told in school by those people the children are told to respect, obey and believe.
If not for the *teaching*…there likely would not have been the *drawing.* The children should be told the truth of the matter…not lied to and then made to *respect* the filthy raper of children.
Jay Boo says
Darn!
No more drawing of the moon on solar system charts.
Allah is off limits too.
Westman says
I do hope that they have removed all pork products from the school lunch and hired an Imam-approved district pork taster to check compliance.
gravenimage says
“CA District Bans Depicting Religious Leaders After Middle Schoolers Draw Muhammed”
………………………
The usual–pretending that this is an even-handed ban on depictions of *all* religious leaders–as though Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Buddhists have bans on images of Moses, Jesus, Krishna, or the Buddha. Absurd.
The only ban, of course, is in Islam, on Muslims–or *anyone*–depicting the “Prophet” Muhammed.
mortimer says
Mohammad with a lit bomb in his turban *-O)):~{>
Mohammad with a lit bomb in his turban *~@:~{>
Mohammed, full of booze and pork, pukes up Allah (((:~Oالله
Intoxicated Mohammed (((‡o{Þ
High Mohammed ((( ¦o) >
The devil Mo ]:~{>
Jan Kiseka says
Of course Lucifer does not want to be drawn, how much less his lower lieutenants, aka Mohammad
Dogtanian says
I call BULLSHXT. You can’t draw a picture “about Muhammad” without drawing a picture OF Muhammad, and that was clearly the intent. I don’t care if it offends Muslims, but lets not kid ourselves, this was an assignment set for children that has a political-religious agenda behind it.
And what if some Muslim crazies decided to go after the children? If you’re an adult it’s your choice, but children should not be exposed to that risk.
quotha raven says
To Dogtaniian – who sez “I call BULLSHXT.”
I’m with you. As I noted in an earlier comment, this seems to me an EXTREMELY strange “assignment” for seventh graders. Drawing pictures about Islam? Very, very strange indeed. I thought it might just be the extreme decrepitude of our public school system but, on further thought, I agree with you: Someone has an agenda, it’s putting kids at risk and it is TOTALLY WRONG. A wholly unsavory situation that makes me beyond frustrated.
Cheers!
quotha raven