Bashing Islam: A Dangerous Sign of the Times

Commentary
Inside the First Amendment

By Charles C. Haynes
First Amendment Center

The school year started off with an unpleasant bang in Gainesville, Fla., when a fifth-grader showed up on the first day wearing a T-shirt with “Islam is of the Devil” inscribed on the back.

Administrators sent the 10-year-old home to change clothes. But the next day several other students at two high schools and a middle school arrived wearing the same message. All…