An assembly at Whitewater Middle School that featured facts about the Islam religion has raised some eyebrows of parents at the school.

Shortly before Veterans Day, the school staged an assembly for seventh graders at the school that featured a speaker providing facts and figures about the world’s second-largest religion.

School spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach said she had heard some complaints about the assembly and said a letter had been sent home to parents the day before the talk telling what the discussion involved.

She added that discussion of the world religions is part of the Quality Core Curriculum and that Whitewater also plans to have speakers on Judaism and Christianity.

“We’re talking about sending a letter out sooner, so if parents don’t want their children to participate, they’ll have more time to decide,” she said.

Social Studies Coordinator Cathy Geis said students study the Middle East in seventh grade and discussion of the region’s religions have taken place over a number of years.

A Free Speech writer in this issue objected to the school assembly being presented so close to an American holiday for veterans, some of whom have fought Islamic extremists in the Middle East.