Will Muslim Students be Allowed to Pray in School?

Christian students have been told by the ACLU and the courts that they cannot read the Bible, pray, and cannot talk or sing about Jesus Christ in the public schools. In some instances, they’ve been punished for expressing their Christian values when they say something like homosexuality is a sin and wrong.

Now, some Pennsylvania parents in the West Shore School District are anxious to see if the school district is going to allow Muslim students the chance to pray during the school day. At the moment, the school district has not said anything about the situation or even if they will act upon it, but there are a number of eyes waiting and watching to see if and what they do.
Attorney John Rutherford, founder of The Rutherford Institute, is also watching to see if the school district will take any action and what that action will be. He said,

“Whether it’s a Christian, a Jew, a Hindu, a Muslim — if it’s required by their faith, they should be able to do it in a public school. It just has to be evenhanded. There are certain things that certain faiths require, and the schools should respect that.
“I have run into very few teachers or especially higher-up principals and superintendents who know anything about the First Amendment. They just heard about the so-called ‘separation of church and state.’”

In 1998, then President Bill Clinton issued a statement to educators nationwide explaining the guidelines on Religious Expression in Public Schools that were issued back in August of 1995. In his statement, Clinton wrote,