A Portland student writes answers in Arabic during an exercise in language class. (Staff) Arabic calligraphy lesson: Hugh Ferguson is bothered by the reaction of parents to a lesson in which ...

Todd Starnes Students practice calligraphy by writing "There is no god but Allah" By Todd Starnes Fox News Published December 15, 2015 2:05pm EST | Updated December 16, 2015 1:46pm EST ...

A high school geography teacher in rural Augusta County asked students to try their hand at writing the shahada, an Islamic declaration of faith, in Arabic calligraphy. The task, community ...

The county school system reacted. It removed the shahada from world religion instruction. “A different, non-religious sample of Arabic calligraphy will be used in the future,” it said.

The Arabic message students were asked to transcribe, "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah," is known as the Shahada and is a common phrase in the Arab world. Saudi ...