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Re: Fury as German primary school ‘forces’ children to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Muslim
Are the adults compelling this speech able to read the students' minds? In this country, it would be just as bad if the students had no intent to convert to Islam. To require students to say things they did not believe would violate their freedom of speech. That was first established in Barnette, a 1943 decision in which the Supreme Court held that students in public schools could not be compelled to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
You cannot convert to Islam by saying the Shahada without the INTENT to do so. Merely saying the words changes nothing without wanting to be a Muslim.
He aha te mea nui? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata!
Are the adults compelling this speech able to read the students' minds? In this country, it would be just as bad if the students had no intent to convert to Islam. To require students to say things they did not believe would violate their freedom of speech. That was first established in Barnette, a 1943 decision in which the Supreme Court held that students in public schools could not be compelled to say the Pledge of Allegiance.