Bob Smietana is a viciously biased pseudo-journalist propagandist, so there is no telling what the facts of this case really are, but from what is available, it appears as if the teacher involved in this case was proselytizing for Christianity, which is actually not illegal. If he had been proselytizing for Islam, not only would he not have been confronted by school officials and forced to resign, but Bob Smietana would have written a glowing profile of him.
It’s also interesting to note the appearance of the word “Muslim” in Smietana’s headline. The establishment media generally uses this word only in a positive or neutral context. This story endeavors to show the Muslim couple as concerned parents worried about their wayward daughter, so the use of the word is acceptable. The media never, ever uses the word in connection with Muslims who commit acts of jihad terror, and resorts instead to all manner of euphemisms designed to distance Islam from the acts of violence: Islamists (although many believe even that is too close to the real thing), militants, youths (in France), bandits (in Nigeria), and so on.
“Judge dismisses Muslim couple’s lawsuit against school where daughter converted to Christianity,” by Bob Smietana, Religion News Service, January 4, 2024:
(RNS) — A federal judge in Illinois ruled that a state school district is not responsible for the actions of a teacher who allegedly proselytized students in a public school classroom, leading a Muslim student to convert to Christianity.
Judge Iain D. Johnston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, ruled that officials of Community Unit School District 300 were not responsible for the teacher’s actions, as he was disciplined and later resigned after being confronted by those public school officials.
The ruling is the latest twist in a long-running legal dispute over religion at Jacobs High School in Algonquin, Illinois — a northwest suburb of Chicago — and, in particular, the conversion of a teenage Muslim student.
Yosuf Chaudhry and Amena Alvi, who are Muslim, sued Community Unit School District 300 in 2020 after learning their then-teenage daughter converted to Christianity as a student at Jacobs. While at the school, their daughter, referred to in a complaint as “B.D.,” allegedly met with a teacher named Pierre Thorsen, who taught world history and world religions and also sponsored a student Christian group called Uprising….
“Thorsen would repeatedly engage in conversations with students before, during, and after school where he would advocate for his faith and cast doubt, belittle, or discount other faiths,” the complaint alleged.
After the couple’s daughter converted, Thorsen allegedly also introduced her to members of his church who offered to take her in if her family disowned her because of her change in religion. She also received a Bible from her teacher, according to a revised version of the couple’s complaint, filed in 2023.
The couple alleged the district should have been aware that Thorsen had promoted Christianity for years and used his classroom to allegedly proselytize students….
ed says
And the daughter is still alive?
mike says
so far
Goofy says
For Muslims this “horrific” experience is sufficient evidence for the continued need of the Islamic tradition which allows parents and grandparents to finish off their offspring in case they show signs of becoming a social embarrassment!
Imagine to have a child who is talked into the deadly sin of apostasy (punishable by death) and moving from being one of Allah’s best creations to one of the worst!
Honour killing is honourable killing which makes Allah’s heart content!
Alahu Akbar!
Anonymous says
One child of God saved!
The Muslim parents are angry because the teacher has disapproved of Islam’s deadly jihad and plundering against non muslims, death penalty for apostasy, other faiths and homosexuality, wife beating, jizya and sex slavery.
Victoria says
But…but…. this is the land of RELIGIOUS FREEDOM! Whatsoever are you doing here, if you don’t believe in our basic fundamentals?
(j/k don’t answer that. We know why you’re here…)
Westman says
It must be difficult for a Muslim from a dominant Muslim nation to be given a stark reminder that government and religion are seperate in the US and it’s only when activities of a religionist violates civil law that the courts are involved.
Of course, there is irony that a certain religion which demonstrates loudly, inconveniences others at their expense, and destroys property gets away with it.
Lawyer(s) knew this lawsuit would never gain traction and took the parent’s money, anyway.
James Lincoln says
Westman says,
“It must be difficult for a Muslim from a dominant Muslim nation to be given a stark reminder that government and religion are seperate in the US…”
Absolutely true.
What is also true, is that muslims should know this BEFORE they come to the United States.
Mike says
Yes! And they should required to make an oath upon the Qur’an that they will respect the U.S. Constitution before they are admitted into the U.S. as residents or citizens (even though some of them may lie as per taquiyya deception, but at least then they would be unable to feign ignorance of the law).
deze MN bee says
….against the school where the daughter became an American.
Keith O says
It’s nice to hear about a judge actually standing up on their hind legs, growing a set of balls and standing up against these barbarians.
For far too long mudslimes and other “minority” groups have been a protected species. Now, finally they are slowly being brought to the realisation that the world does not bow down to them.
Kepha says
Uncle Kepha and certain other colleagues may also be on thin ice. We not only honestly report the differences between religions, and are known to be Christians, but our school had been one where, apparently, student-to-student-to mother witnessing led a West African girl, her mother, and at least one other sibling out of Islam and into Christianity–and tensions with other members of the family. Uncle Kepha and certain colleagues also believe that
X and Y,,
They don’t lie,
It’s simply bi-
ology.,
meshing with
theology.