“The idea that they would be working to indoctrinate students into Islam, or any religion, is an idea extremely foreign to me as a student who has had them as my teachers for the past two years. But this narrative is nonetheless dominating media coverage of the event.”

Juni Thurston · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26

Thurston wrote that the idea of teachers indoctrinating students into Islam is foreign to her experience as their student.