الولايات المتحدة: طرد تلاميذ ارتدوا ملابس عليها عبارات مسيئة للإسلام

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكد "ستيفن مايكل" - كبير قضاة مقاطعة "جانزفيل" بولاية "فلوريدا" الأمريكية، في رسالة للمحكمة العليا - أن قيام مدرسة مقاطعة "ألشوا" بطرد تلاميذ ارتدوا ملابس كُتب عليها عبارات مسيئة للإسلام لا يعد خرقًا للحريات المدنية.

ويأتي هذا بعد قيام المسؤولين بالمدرسة بمطالبة تلاميذ نصارى ينتمون لكنيسة "وورلد دوف أوتريتش" - التي يشرف عليها "تيري جونز" الذي قام بحرق نسخة من المصحف العام الماضي - بارتداء ملابس كُتب عليها "الإسلام من الشيطان"، وهو ما أيد القضاء كونه إساءة للدين ولمعتنقيه، وأن تصرف المدرسة يأتي في ظل سياساتها المانعة من ارتداء ملابس تثير مشكلات، وأنه لا يعد خرقًا للحقوق الدستورية. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Judge backs schools in suit over ‘Islam is of the Devil' shirts

The Alachua County School Board did not violate the free-speech rights of members of Dove World Outreach Center when students from the church were sent home from school for wearing T-shirts bearing the words "Islam is of the Devil," a district court judge ruled Friday.

Senior District Judge Stephan Mickle wrote that the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently held that the First Amendment rights of students while they're in school are not as broad as the rights of people in public forums.

Mickle wrote that school policies to prohibit clothing that can cause disruptions are not a violation of constitutional rights.

" ‘Islam is of the Devil' presents a highly confrontational message. It is akin to saying that the religion of Islam is evil and that all of its followers will go to hell," Mickle wrote. "The message is not conducive to civil discourse on religious issues; nor is it appropriate for school generally."

If Dove World members had worn the T-shirts in a public place other than schools, Mickle added, they would likely be within their rights.

Alachua County school district spokeswoman Jackie Johnson said the T-shirts, which were worn by students at several schools and at a high-school football game, did cause disruptions.

"Our stance was that we have not only the right, but the obligation, to protect children from any potential disruption caused by those T-shirts," Johnson said. "We did have a couple of situations where disruptions actually did occur."

Among them were incidents at a Gainesville High-Eastside High football game when a Muslim student felt threatened and called parents to be picked up. Johnson said other parents began to complain, leading to those wearing the T-shirts to be removed from the stands.

In another example, a student named as a plaintiff in the suit complained to the Westwood Middle School principal that he was being harassed by students chanting "We Love Islam," according to Mickle's ruling.

Dove World Pastor Wayne Sapp said the church believed it had a good chance to prevail in the lawsuit. Sapp said the church will discuss the ruling with its attorney to decide whether any additional legal action should be taken.

Sapp said the T-shirts did not cause disruptions and said the ruling erodes free speech rights.

"We feel this is another step in the direction of stripping America of its freedom of speech … Freedom of speech now applies only to certain individuals, and young people on campuses no longer have true freedom of speech or expression," Sapp said. "There was no violence, there were no outbreaks of disruption at the time students wore the shirts to school."

Sapp said the disruptions cited by Mickle were created by faculty.

Dove World first drew attention when it put "Islam is of the Devil" signs on its property at 5805 NW 37th St.

The church drew worldwide scrutiny when it announced plans to burn Qurans on Sept. 11, 2010.

International media outlets came to Gainesville for the event, but Pastor Terry Jones decided not to go through with the burnings.

Dove World is trying to sell its property and relocate to the Fort Myers area, Sapp said.