The way I look at it is like this. My child is enrolled in a Western school. My child is not Muslim. Of course he should learn about Islam, but not as something he needs to submit to, but something he should have knowledge about. The same goes for Sharia law. We do indeed live in an Islamic country, so it is important to be familiar with Islam. I like that Arabic is taught, the more languages a person knows,the better. The only problem I have is that so far all the Arabic teachers we encountered are totally useless.
The way I look at it is like this. My child is enrolled in a Western school. My child is not Muslim. Of course he should learn about Islam, but not as something he needs to submit to, but something he should have knowledge about. The same goes for Sharia law. We do indeed live in an Islamic country, so it is important to be familiar with Islam. I like that Arabic is taught, the more languages a person knows,the better. The only problem I have is that so far all the Arabic teachers we encountered are totally useless.