Seizing the opportunity in an “effort to indoctrinate students in the name of diversity,” two Muslim groups allegedly proselytized to students at a number of public school assemblies in California.

A records request was issued to the Gilroy Unified School District by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF) to investigate a likely violation of the United States Constitution – alleging that the district permitted the Islamic organizations to indoctrinate students in Islam.

“Last year, a Muslim high school student complained to school officials she was bullied after Donald Trump got elected and that she was offended by a class assignment that included a Fox News op-ed,” FCDF stated, according to WND. “After school board members met with the student’s family, the district engaged in ‘great partnerships’ with the Islamic Networks Group (ING) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to conduct ‘Islamophobia’ presentations and lecture students at school assemblies about Islam.”

Islamic indoctrination against the law

State and federal law specifically warn against such a promotion of religion.

“[B]oth the California and U.S. Constitutions prohibit the government from aiding religious sects or favoring one religious organization over another,” WND reported. “The legal team explained courts repeatedly have ruled students suffer spiritual and psychological harm if they are exposed to religious indoctrination in a compulsive educational environment.”

PCDF Executive Director Daniel Piedra indicated that Muslim groups often masquerade Islamic propaganda programs as so-called anti-discrimination teachings.

“When school districts allow sectarian groups to advance their agendas under the guise of ‘promoting tolerance,’ they place political correctness over the spiritual and psychological well-being of their schoolchildren,” Piedra argued, according to WND. “The First Amendment forbids CAIR’s calculated effort to indoctrinate students in the name of ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion.'”

However, Muslim leaders behind such teachings claim that so-called “Islamophobia” must be deterred in public schools by implementing their Islamic propagation programs.

“FCDF pointed out that Nihad Awad – CAIR’s national executive director – testified that ‘informing the American public about the Islamic faith is a religious obligation,’ and the purpose of its ‘Islamophobia’ public school programs is to ‘create a religious educational environment,’” WND noted.

The pro-religious freedom legal group went on to expose the close ties between CAIR and notorious Islamic terrorist groups, which rose the concerns of many community members.

“[D]espite portraying itself as a mainstream Muslim organization, evidence confirms that CAIR was founded by members of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood,” FCDF explained. “Indeed, the United Arab Emirates officially designates CAIR as a terrorist organization. CAIR is also notorious in the American Muslim community for demonizing and attacking progressive Muslim organizations that seek to work with government officials to combat Islamic radicalism in the U.S. The Anti-Defamation League has denounced CAIR for its anti-Semitic advocacy.”

What started it all …

The local paper reported this spring that one Muslim student made allegations of being bullied for adhering to the Islamic faith – and she was subsequently treated as a celebrity after being interviewed by National Geographic about her bout with “religious discrimination.”

“A Christopher High School student enjoy[ed] her school experience much more this year than last year, when she and her family say she was emotionally shaken from consistent bullying for her Islamic faith,” The Gilroy Dispatch reported in April. “Now a sophomore, the student has not reported any more recent incidents of harassment at school – which her mother attributed to the response of the Gilroy Unified School District. The 16-year-old is even comfortable enough to participate in after-school activities, according to her mother.”

Ultra-left-leaning publications quickly seized the opportunity to push their politically correct slant on the issue.

“That was not the case during her freshman year, which prompted the student – along with her family – to have a sit-down interview with National Geographic reporter Leila Fadel last year for a special series titled, ‘Muslims in America: A New Generation,’ in the May issue of the National Geographic magazine,” The Dispatch’s Scott Forstner reported at the time. “The article also was posted this month on National Public Radio’s website, npr.org.”

At the request of her mother, the student’s name was not disclosed to the daily, but she soon became a national celebrity, complements of the publications.

“The headline that accompanied Fadel’s piece, ‘Bullied for Its Faith, Muslim Family Fights Back through Education,’ did not paint a positive picture of Santa Clara County’s southernmost city,” Forstner added. “The experiences of Noshaba Afzal’s daughter at Christopher High shaped that headline. The family was interviewed more than a year ago.”

The family did its best to spread the message that Islamophobia was alive and well in America’s public schools – even though virtually no proven cases have been substantiated statewide in California.

“We were clear with the reporter that we were sharing our story to create awareness and create positive change,” Afzal explained, according to the Disptach. “We love the city of Gilroy and, for the most part, we haven’t experienced any negativity, but multiple incidents did occur at school.”

Same case in Pacific Northwest?

CAIR was also in the news in the Pacific Northwest, where its partnership with the Seattle Public Schools was challenged by a religious freedom group in July.

“A legal advocacy group urged the Seattle public school district in a letter Monday to end its partnership with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is reportedly working with the district to address Islamophobia in its schools, The Daily Caller announced at the time. “CAIR’s chapter in the state of Washington launched a crowdfunding campaign in May stating its intention to meet with every public school in Seattle in the upcoming school year to ‘advocate for our children and foster understanding in schools’ across the state.”

Again, CAIR implemented its program under the guise of religious tolerance, but it was soon found out by members of the community that the Islamic group has had connections with Islamic terrorist groups.

“The Muslim advocacy group – which has testified that it views outreach to schools to be ‘both a religious and educational exercise,’ – delivered a workshop to a Seattle high school in May that ‘addressed providing identity-safe spaces in schools for Muslim families’ and ‘how to support students during Ramadan,’ according to a letter sent to the Seattle School Board from former district Superintendent Larry Nyland,” The Daily Caller’s Andrew Kerr informed. “The Seattle school district’s partnership with CAIR – an openly religious organization with known links to a number of anti-Israel groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood – to give preferential treatment to Muslim students violates the First Amendment and invites a potential legal challenge, warned The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF) in a letter Monday.”

Again, FCDF pointed out the pro-Muslim bias seen in the public schools – privileges and preferential treatment that other religious groups – including Christians – are frequently denied.

“Granting Muslim students preferential treatment creates a clear perception of government endorsement of religion, and it enables CAIR to advance its sectarian agenda in the District,” FCDF stated in its letter. ”Thus, a District policy that singles out Muslim students for special benefits – no matter how benign – makes a clear statement that it favors one religion over another or religion to nonreligion.”