Abstract: This article discusses the controversy over the existence religion in public education. The article evaluates the nonsectarian institutions of the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, New York, and the Ben Gamla Charter School in Hollywood, Florida, which place emphasis on the use of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. Also discussed is the outrage over foot baths being installed into the bathrooms at the University of Michigan in Dearborn, Michigan, to help Muslim students perform the ablutions required for daily prayer.