Virginia School District Cancels Classes After Teacher Gives Students Arabic Calligraphy Assignment
Brendan O'Connor · 12/17/15 11:20PMThe entire Augusta County, Virginia, school district will be closed Friday, a week after one teacher touched off controversy by issuing an assignment to students, during a block study of world religions, asking them to copy an example of Arabic calligraphy—the Islamic statement of faith, or shahada.