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[h=1]Pupils aged 8 told attend Islam workshop or get slapped with 'racial discrimination note'[/h] 23 Nov 2013 00:00 The visit to Staffordshire University - for Year 4 and Year 6 pupils - had been arranged as part of children’s “cultural education” and would have cost £5




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Parents were told if they refused to send children as young as eight to a *workshop on Islam then a “racial discrimination note” would be attached to pupils’ files.
Angry mums and dads were sent a letter by Littleton Green Community School, in Huntingdon, Staffs, warning their children would be considered racist if they did not go on the school trip.
The visit to Staffordshire University - for Year 4 and Year 6 pupils - had been arranged as part of the children’s “cultural education”.
Headteacher Lynn Small wrote to parents and said if kids did not attend a note would be made on the pupil’s records and would remain there for their school careers.
Littleton Green school later withdrew the threat. But mum Tracy Ward was shocked by the letter.
She said: "To be told my kids have got to attend this workshop is disgusting.
“Everyone should have a choice but that’s my opinion and I don’t want a stain on my kids’ record as a result.



http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pupils-aged-8-told-attend-2840623
 

I am SICK AND TIRED of Islam being shoved down our throats. If ya wanna be a Muslim, be a Muslim and leave the rest of us the hell alone!
 
This is just so wrong on so many levels. Littleton Green ought to be investigated, but I'm afraid that what they did is probably legal.
 

Manipulation and control at its worst, to threaten these kids with a racial discrimination note is outrageous! Isn't it religious anyway, and not racial? :mad: Anyway, it sounds like they withdrew the threat. If I was a parent, I'd be fuming.
 
Diwundrin said:
How does that work for Muslim kids who don't attend Bible 'workshops'?
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My question exactly...Suggest a cultural sensitivity swap of kids with them and see where that get you. Why exactly are we bowing down to them? They hate us and no amount of cultural sensitivity and tolerance brainwashing bulls**t of our own kids will change that.

Seems that Muslims are ripe for a good dose of reality, such as when in our country assimilate..we are not changing McD's to halal, we are not okay with them building mosques across the street from the World Trade Center Memorial, we are not alright with providing them tubs to wash their feet in in airports, Americans do not want to accommodate their prayer schedule to the disruption and inconvenience of others...get the picture.

But of course, that will never happen because being the touchy feeley, hopey, changey, politically correct, everyone get's a blue ribbon, brain dead society that we've become, they will soon enough have their way with us, and be doing their own cultural "education" workshops on Islam with our kids.
 
Hear, hear!!!! I am so tired of this PC crap; certain groups get time at work to pray, but we can't say the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag; aren't supposed to say Merry Christmas; can't pray in school; etc,etc.
Religious teaching is up to the parents, not the schools, and as far as the Muslims, let them teach their own children; we don't indoctrinate theirs to be tolerant of Christians or other religions; for pete's sake; leave us alone. :mad:
 
Diwundrin said:
How does that work for Muslim kids who don't attend Bible 'workshops'?
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I have a 6 year old grandaughter that is being bought up as a Muslim...every other week she attends a Church of England Sunday school and every 3-4 weeks she goes with her best friend to a Quakers meeting and I know she is not the only Muslim child being bought up to know both sides of the coin so to speak.



As far as people believing that you cannot say 'Merry Christmas' that is a load of crap, no one can stop you from saying it, what's going to happen if you say it, be thrown in jail???:rolleyes:
 
Bee said:
As far as people believing that you cannot say 'Merry Christmas' that is a load of crap, no one can stop you from saying it, what's going to happen if you say it, be thrown in jail???:rolleyes:
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Nope; didn't say that. You are not considered politically correct if you say it; do you hear it from the news media??? It's happy holidays; happy anything else but Christmas. If one religion is going to be catered to, then at least let them all be respected.
 
Anne said:
Nope; didn't say that. You are not considered politically correct if you say it; do you hear it from the news media??? It's happy holidays; happy anything else but Christmas. If one religion is going to be catered to, then at least let them all be respected.
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Yet I still see TV commercials for "Happy Hanukkah" and "Happy Kwanzaa" ... :(
 
Anne said:
Nope; didn't say that. You are not considered politically correct if you say it; do you hear it from the news media??? It's happy holidays; happy anything else but Christmas. If one religion is going to be catered to, then at least let them all be respected.
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Yes our news media do say 'Merry Christmas', there is no reason why they shouldn't, no one is offended by it and why should they be???

You may be interested in this excerp from The Muslim Council of Great Britain......

So we Muslims are baffled when we read and hear that Christmas is being `banned' and replaced with something else because the organisers do not want to offend Muslims. Where do they get this idea from? Who told them that? Such actions lead to comments like, `It's those Muslims again. They always have a problem with everything we do. Why don't they just leave and go back to their own country?' A majority of British Muslims were born here. Where do we want them to go? Local authorities, organisations and businesses trying to avoid offending Muslims and trying to be politically correct actually cause more harm to cohesion and understanding. There is a need to stem the tide of such ill-thought-out decisions where ruling bodies try to 'second guess' the attitudes of the communities and seek to defuse conflicts before they have even been felt or arisen.

To suggest that calling Christmas with its proper name and that Christmas decorations would offend Muslims is absurd. Why should Christmas not be celebrated openly and wholeheartedly in our country when a vast majority of people identify themselves as Christians. This country owes a lot to Christianity. Its moral values and ethical codes have been moulded by Christian teachings for centuries. In fact the whole planet has benefited from Christian teachings and continues to do so. Muslims would adopt all those values and moral codes without question or hesitation. Even if the Christian communities in our country were a minority, we would want Christmas to be celebrated because ours is a multi faith, multi cultural, pluralist and democratic country.

http://mcb.org.uk/index.php?option=...ns&catid=98:masjidacommunityaffairs&Itemid=41
 
Bee said:
To suggest that calling Christmas with its proper name and that Christmas decorations would offend Muslims is absurd.
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Then it's okay to call it by its proper name, Yule Day, in celebration of the birth of the Babylonian sun god, Tammuz?

Or should it be called Saturnalia or Sol Invictus, as the Romans did?

I mean, the church didn't even make it official until the 4[SUP]th[/SUP] century ... they were pretty much the last ones to show up at the party.
 
You can call it what you like Phil, I was just making the point that all the pc crap is nothing to do with the Muslims.
 
I've just followed the links in the OP. First, the link to the workshop doesn't take you to anything other than a general education page on The Mirror website. The page it does not feature any workshop on Islam. It does have a succession of teacher and school bashing stories though. Outrage seems to be the constant theme.

I wouldn't place too much weight on the Mirror's ability to report the story fairly.

There is no link either to the letter that the school is supposed to have sent home. The wording might not be what was reported. I'd go as far to say that it was not.

My opinion? Probably very misrepresented and unreliable.

Did anyone notice that the workshop is reported as being presented at Staffordshire University and not at the local mosque?

Comparative religion is part of most primary schools curricula these days and it is what most parents demand rather than special religious education which they regard as indoctrination.

SRE is delivered by members of a particular faith and is optional in NSW with the children being withdrawn if the parents object.

Comparative religion is part of the social studies curriculum and is not optional. It is delivered by the class room teacher and is factual in its content. An excursion may or may not be appropriate depending on who the presenter is. I'd be happy with an excursion to the university as long as the presentation was age appropriate and factual.
 
OK I've done a bit of digging and have found the offending letter.
The third paragraph is very inappropriate and has since been withdrawn.

Dear Parent/Carer,

As part of the National Religious Education Curriculum together with the multicultural community in which we live, it is a statutory requirement for Primary School aged children to experience and learn about different cultures.

The workshop is at Staffordshire University and will give your child the opportunity to explore other religions. Children will be looking at religious artefacts similar to those that would be on display in a museum. they will not be partaking in any religious practices.

Refusal to allow your child to attend this trip will result in a Racial Discrimination note being attached to your child’s education record, which will remain on this file throughout their school career.

As such our expectations are that all children in years 4 and 6 attend school on Wednesday November 27 to take part in this trip.

All absences on this day will be investigated for their credibility and will only be sanctioned with a GP sick note.
If you would like to discuss this further please contact our RE Coordinator, Mrs Edmonds.
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This is a small school (~340 students) and it is not doing all that well in the school ratings system - they've scored "needs improvement".

What I don't understand is why the muslims are getting bashed up over this. It has nothing to do with them.
 
One school makes a stupid decision that a racial discrimination note would be attached to a child's school file if they didn't attend. The local council intervened and the school had to back down. Nothing whatsoever to do with Muslims imposing their religion.

No mosques and very few muslims where I live so round here the children are taken to the nearby Manjushir Kadampa Buddhist centre to experience another religion.

I was brought up in a Muslim country... the only person who tried to impose their beliefs on me was a Catholic.
 
From the school's prospectus

Collective Worship and R.E.

In accordance with the Education Act, 1944 and the Education Reform Act, religious education is a compulsory part of the school curriculum and is taught weekly. There is an act of worship which is broadly Christian in nature and reinforces the pupils moral, social and emotional development, citizenship and empathy. Parents have a right to ask for their children to be excluded from R.E. or from collective worship.

Religious education in the school has a completely non-denominational approach and seeks to develop tolerance and respect for the beliefs of all, following Staffordshire’s guidance.
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I can't make up my mind what kind of school this is. It is very 'white bread' judging by the kids' photos in the prospectus. I don't know whether it is private or public or some sort of hybrid.

Boo's Mum, can you shed light on this school?
 
That's very true. Public schools here in the UK are the older, more expensive and exclusive fee-paying private independent schools such as Rugby, Harrow, Eton etc. Then we have the less exclusive, less expensive private schools and finally the state funded schools (LEA) such as the one in this article.
 
Pam said:
No mosques and very few muslims where I live so round here the children are taken to the nearby Manjushir Kadampa Buddhist centre to experience another religion.
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... yet Buddhism is not a religion ...

Frankly, with the growing inability of students to master even the simplest of life-skills I think it hilarious that schools are worried about instilling archaic beliefs into them.
 
I would say it is both a religion and a way of life.

Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world.

From the same link...... To many, Buddhism goes beyond religion and is more of a philosophy or 'way of life'.

ww.buddhanet.net/e-learning/5minbud.htm
 

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