WRAL Exclusive: Video of Controversial Enloe High Speaker
WRAL has obtained a video of a February presentation by a Christian speaker at Enloe High, which led the suspension of a popular teacher.
Posted — UpdatedRobert Escamilla has since been transferred from Enloe High School to Mary E. Phillips High School, an alternative school for problem students. Students and parents have lobbied to school board to allow him to return to Enloe High.
The speaker was evangelist Kamil Solomon, head of Kamil International Ministries Organization. The group says it is devoted to "teaching the truth about Islam," and Solomon handed out pamphlets that included the heading "Why Women Should Not Marry Muslims."
Wake County school officials said the talk denigrated Islam and should never have been allowed. Escamilla defended the presentation, noting he has brought in a range of speakers in recent years to discuss various religions and offer different ideas for students to examine.
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