Parents at a Minnesota high school are complaining about the choir teacher deciding to include a song about Ramadan, or the Muslim holy month, in the school’s holiday concert.
Some parents of Blaine High School students were shocked when they learned the song, which is scheduled to be sung in Arabic and includes the phrase “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is great,” would be included in the concert.
The controversy started after a parent of a ninth-grader posted the translated lyrics to the song the choir has been practicing for the Christmas Eve concert.
One parent posted, “No child should be forced to sing a song about the Muslims and the religion of hatred.”
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