Connecticut: New law requires educators to develop curriculum materials for Islamic, Arab studies

Peloni: Insanity ripe with devastating consequences. By Christine Douglass-Williams July 31, 2026 Photo: sayyed shahab-o- din vajedi, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Holocaust and genocide studies are certainly not the same as advancing Islamic and Arab studies materials. Does the law include curriculum materials for Judaism studies? Let's hope this ridiculous law is challenged legally. Already it's drawing such concern: Chris Healy, executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Conference, concurred. The Courant cited him as saying that the Islamic curriculum "validates, endorses the teaching of public religion in a public school, which is a clear violation of the First Amendment." "This Read More

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WIRE — Peloni: Insanity ripe with devastating consequences. By Christine Douglass-Williams July 31, 2026 Photo: sayyed shahab-o- din vajedi, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Holocaust and genocide studies are certainly not the same as advancing Islamic and Arab studies materials. Does the law include curriculum materials for Judaism studies? Let's hope this ridiculous law is challenged legally. Already it's drawing such concern: Chris Healy, executive director of the Connecticut Catholic Conference, concurred. The Courant cited him as saying that the Islamic curriculum "validates, endorses the teaching of public religion in a public school, which is a clear violation of the First Amendment." "This Read More

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