Girl Scouts Address Backlash Over Muslim-Themed Badges
GSUSA said the awards are voluntary and run by outside faith groups, not the organization, as critics falsely framed them as Muslim badges.
- Girl Scouts of the USA responded this week to viral online criticism, dismissing claims that the organization teaches Islam as "misinformation" and clarifying it is not a religious organization.
- White House correspondent and War Room co-host Natalie Winters sparked the backlash Monday on social media, claiming the group offers "Muslim badges" and embeds Islamic practices like prayer into scouting.
- The National Islamic Committee administers four religious awards approved by GSUSA, which confirmed these patches are developed by independent faith organizations rather than the national organization itself.
- Participation in faith-based awards is voluntary and determined by individual families, while GSUSA has recognized similar awards for Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and other traditions for over a century.
- The dispute reflects a longstanding debate within youth organizations about balancing cultural education with religious instruction, amid heightened scrutiny of how nonprofit groups handle religious programming.
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Girl Scouts Invited Non-Muslim Girls to a Sacramento Mosque and Pressured Them to Try On Hijabs
A Sacramento mosque wrote Girl Scout troops into its own religious bylaws. Turns out the same thing is happening in cities from Brooklyn to San Diego. And non-Muslim girls are the ones being handed the hijabs. The SALAM Investigation That Blew the Lid Off White House correspondent Natalie Winters spent weeks documenting what mosque-affiliated Girl […]
Girl Scouts Respond To Firestorm Over ‘Islamic Faith’ Patch
The national organization Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) has responded to accusations that it is promoting Islam.“Girl Scouts is proudly for every girl. Contrary to misinformation circulating online today, Girl Scouts is not a religious organization and does not teach religion,” a GSUSA spokesman told The Daily Wire in a statement. “For more than a century, we’ve welcomed girls of every faith and background. Our national My Promise, My Faith pin invites girls to connect the Girl Scout Law with their own faith. Any other faith-based patches are developed by independent faith organizations, not GSUSA, and participation in these programs is always optional.”The statement comes following a report by White House reporter Natalie Winters. In it, she accuses certain mosque-based troops of “embedding ‘Islamic values’ into girl scout programs across America.” EXCLUSIVE: The Islamization of Girl Scouts across America:• GSUSA-approved “GIRL SCOUT OF THE ISLAMIC FAITH” medals• Non-Muslim girls invited to mosques to observe Islamic prayer• Hajj patches, Shahada lessons, required white hijabs and Ramadan lock-insNationwide. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/HbyAXeCQoT— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) August 24, 2026One example Winters provided was the troop affiliated with the SALAM Islamic Center in Sacramento. In 2025, the troop hosted a “hijab photo booth” and provided an “informative booth about Palestine” to all attendees. One troop leader admitted to “[incorporating] our religion into the framework that Girl Scouts provides.”As Winters pointed out in her article, this is not an isolated incident. She discovered mosque-affiliated troops promoting Muslim practices across the nation, from Illinois and New York to several other places.These troops are consistently using Girl Scout programming to teach Islamic practices, including prayer, Ramadan, and hijab. Individual troops and local councils are imposing these rules, meaning it’s not done through the Girl Scouts as a whole. But there also hasn’t been any attempt by the organization to shut it down. There are also Girl Scout-style badges available through the National Islamic Committee on Girl Scouting. As Winters noted in a post on X, “GSUSA’s linked chart says it approved the programs and allows the insignia on official uniforms.”Former Girl Scout leader and founder of the Christian-based organization American Heritage Girls Patti Garibay said none of this is surprising to her.“Sadly, for us, this isn’t news. We watched the Girl Scouts move away from their Christian roots decades ago, removing references to God wherever they could. That’s why American Heritage Girls was founded in the first place, because since 1995, common-sense American families wanted a place where girls could be encouraged to live out their Christian faith,” she said.“[Girl Scout founder] Juliette Gordon Low stood for something at the heart of the organization she founded: an abiding faith in Jesus Christ. Somewhere along the way, the Girl Scouts lost that core in an effort to stand for everything, or perhaps nothing at all,” Garibay added, urging current Girl Scout members to consider an alternative.
Just When You Thought Girl Scouts Couldn’t Get Worse, the Muslims Take Over – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Long before the Boy Scouts decided that our young men couldn’t possibly go camping in the woods without girls in tow, its female counterpart had gone woke. Sure, you can still get those addictive cookies from little girls in cheap vests decorated with embroidered patches manning folding tables outside the grocery store. But if you enroll your own daughter among their ranks, she might come home repeating some blue-haired sermon about diversity, …
Episode 5619: Muslim Indoctrination Of The Girl Scouts - Stephen K Bannon's War Room
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Girl Scouts denies teaching religion amid scrutiny of Muslim faith awards, mosque visits - NEW YORK TIMES POST
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