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U.s. congress to pay for it. i thought you were going to do the snake. he read the part of the snake. this was like a -- >> we have more sound bites. don't read ahead in the syllabus in the work book. >> you did immigration so you weren't going to do the snake. it was like trump classic. it was vintage early 2016 primary trump. one serious point on all this, i do think the last week of watching trump talk about guns but sort of settling by the end -- by friday a week -- you know, what has it been more than a week after the tragedy in florida, he's settled on the most nra-endorsed right wing vi...

Education and the commonwealth standards of learning a different non-religious sample of arabic calligraphy will be used in the future." a number of students took to facebook to defend the lesson and the teacher. one post reads "i personally was not offended by this. i like the assignment." calling his instructor "an amazing teacher." the teacher had lifted the calligraphy lesson from a standard work book on world religion and had used it before without threat or backlash. muslim leaders now say the cultural climate has shifted to an unsettling place. >> it shows us the level of antiislam hyst...

Somewhat some parents and children speaking out. >> we just learned to write hello, good-bye, you know, normal words, not that. >> i will not have my children set under a woman who indoctrinates them with the islam religion when i am a christian. i want to stand behind christ. >> reporter: the august us school district released a statement about the assignment saying, "as we have emphasized, no lesson was designed to promote a religious viewpoint or change a student's religious belief. all those students will ton learn about world religions, as required by the state board of education, and the...

And also, jake, we should tell you this is an assignment that came out of a standard workbook. so this is an assignment familiar with the district, familiar with the school, this is the first time they've had the backlash. >> and what's the mood within the community there in virginia. >> well, i think you can see in some ways what the mood has been given that the schools have closed down some 10,000 students now not attending class. a lot of parents upset about this assignment saying this just wasn't a simple calligraphy assignment, this was an attempt by the teacher to convert their children ...

Workbook on world religion, and so it is not like this teacher decided to pull it out of nowhere, and make it as part of the assignment. it is pulled out of the standard workbook out of world religions, but perhaps doing that five years ago would not have the reaction that obviously we are seeing today given the environment especially here in the united states. a number of people are sensitive for a number of reasons about the religion, and that is what we are seeing here when we spoke to the local sheriff there, i mean, that is basically what he is saying is that i think that he was feeling s...