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A school in Virgina is embroiled in a religious controversy after a schoolteacher assigned an Arabic calligraphy assignment to students. Although the course has taught students in the past about ...

GREENVILLE, Va. -- Extra-curricular activities have been cancelled tonight and schools will be closed Friday in a western Virginia school district after the district received "voluminous phone calls ...

A Portland student writes answers in Arabic during an exercise in language class. (Staff) MORE BY LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Readers respond: Oregon’s 529 seed money program needs reviewJun. 10, 2026, 6:30 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. STAUNTON, Va. – A rural Virginia school district canceled classes and a ...

Late last week, a high-school teacher in central Virginia gave her students a lesson in Arabic calligraphy. Over the following six days, schools in Augusta County were inundated with outraged phone ...

Schools in a central Virginia school district will be closed on Friday due to backlash against a high school world geography class assignment. Augusta County Public Schools Superintendent Eric Bond ...

Parents erupt over homework assignment asking students to write a phrase in Arabic saying "There is no God but Allah " Backlash over a homework assignment on Islam at a Virginia school led officials ...

Friday, January 11: Join the Student Sit-Ins at the Greensboro Lunch Counter Four black students sat at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960 and helped to change the course of American history. By ...

Calligraphy is one of the highest art forms of the Arab world and a primary form of Islamic visual expression and creativity. Having spent years admiring the grace and elegance of this decorative ...