Religious Reversal: San Diego School Drops Special Treatment For Muslims
July 27th 2007

The Religious Right has long claimed that the Supreme Court has banned all forms of school prayer. That is not true.

A San Diego public school that found itself under fire for setting aside a special time and space for Muslim students to pray is changing course.

Officials at Carver Elementary School, which has a large Muslim population, had been criticized after reports surfaced that a special prayer room was being created for Muslim students and that a special recess had been added that coincided with one of the times faithful Muslims must pray during the day.

Officials at the school now say they will simply allow all students – Muslim and non-Muslim – to pray during lunchtime if they want to.

The school was also criticized for segregating children by sex, which some Muslims believe is called for in education. Those are being eliminated as well. the rest