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Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah

by Mitchell Holman <Noemail@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jul 5, 2008 at 10:04 PM

"Wayne H. Wilhelm" <dwayne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> "Major Debacle" <Major_Debacle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:ImUbk.9173$LG4.4799@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> jose wrote:
>>> On Jul 5, 5:02 pm, Major Debacle <Major_Debacle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Pretty sick, eh?
>>>>
>>>> ----------------
>>>>
>>>> DAILY MAIL - July 4, 2008
>>>>
>>>> Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing
>>>> to kneel in class and pray to Allah
>>>>
>>>> Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and
>>>> 'pray to Allah' during a religious education lesson.
>>>>
>>>> Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to
>>>> 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the
>>>> practical demonstration of how Allah is wor****pped.
>>>>
>>>> They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at
>>>> Alsager High School, near Stoke-on-Trent - which included wearing
>>>> Muslim headgear - was a breach of their human rights.
>>>>
>>>> One parent, Sharon Luinen, said: "This isn't right, it's taking
>>>> things too far.
>>>>
>>>> "I understand that they have to learn about other religions. I can
>>>> live with that but it is taking it a step too far to be punished
>>>> because they wouldn't join in Muslim prayer.
>>>>
>>>> "Making them pray to Allah, who isn't who they wor****p, is wrong and
>>>> what got me is that they were told they were being disrespectful.
>>>>
>>>> "I don't want this to look as if I have a problem with the school
>>>> because I am generally very happy with it."
>>>>
>>>> Another parent Karen Williams said: "I am absolutely furious my
>>>> daughter was made to take part in it and I don't find it acceptable.
>>>>
>>>> "I haven't got a problem with them teaching my child other religions
>>>> and a small amount of information doesn't do any harm.
>>>>
>>>> "But not only did they have to pray, the teacher had gone into the
>>>> class and made them watch a short film and then said 'we are now
>>>> going out to pray to Allah'.
>>>>
>>>> "Then two boys got detention and all the other children missed their
>>>> refreshment break because of the teacher.
>>>>
>>>> "Not only was it forced upon them, my daughter was told off for not
>>>> doing it right.
>>>>
>>>> "They'd never done it before and they were supposed to do it in
>>>> another language."
>>>>
>>>> "My child has been forced to pray to Allah in a school lesson." The
>>>> grandfather of one of the pupils in the class said: "It's absolutely
>>>> disgusting, there's no other way of putting it.
>>>>
>>>> "My daughter and a lot of other mothers are furious about their
>>>> children being made to kneel on the floor and pray to Islam. If they
>>>> didn't do it they were given detention.
>>>>
>>>> "I am not racist, I've been friendly with an Indian for 30 years.
>>>> I've also been to a Muslim wedding where it was explained to me that
>>>> alcohol would not be served and I respected that.
>>>>
>>>> "But if Muslims were asked to go to church on Sunday and take Holy
>>>> Communion there would be war."
>>>>
>>>> Parents said that their children were made to bend down on their
>>>> knees on prayer mats which the RE teacher had got out of her cupboard
>>>> and they were also told to wear Islamic headgear during the lesson on
>>>> Tuesday afternoon.
>>>>
>>>> Deputy headmaster Keith Plant said: "It's difficult to know at the
>>>> moment whether this was part of the curriculum or not. I am not an RE
>>>> teacher, I am an English teacher.
>>>>
>>>> "At the moment it is our enterprise week and many of our members of
>>>> staff are away.
>>>>
>>>> "The particular member of staff you need to speak to isn't around. I
>>>> think that it is a shame that so many parents have got in touch with
>>>> the Press before coming to me.
>>>>
>>>> "I have spoken to the teacher and she has articulately given me her
>>>> version of events, but that is all I can give you at the moment."
>>>>
>>>> A statement from Che****re County Council on behalf of the school
>>>> read: "The headteacher David Black contacted this authority
>>>> immediately complaints were received.
>>>>
>>>> "Enquiries are being made into the cir***stances as a matter of
>>>> urgency and all parents will be informed accordingly.
>>>>
>>>> "Educating children in the beliefs of different faith is part of the
>>>> diversity curriculum on the basis that knowledge is essential to
>>>> understanding.
>>>>
>>>> "We accept that such teaching is to be conducted with some sense of
>>>> sensitivity."
>>>>
>>>>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031784/Schoolboys-punished-d.
>>>> .. 
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Math is your friend
>>>
>>> This is how it starts. Muslims will never assimilate into whatever
>>> society they emigrate to. Their goal is to convert the entire
>>> world to their religious views. Those who refuse to convert
>>> are considered inferior beings who must be enslaved and
>>> treated like animals. After all, the Quran calls them apes
>>> and swine. Islam is a most intolerant religion because
>>> Muslims believe they have the pure, unfiltered word of
>>> God.
>>
>> As do all the desert religions, Christianity included.
> 
> I spent the 1st 18 years of my life attending a Lutheran (Christian)
> church. The church never referred to members of other religions as apes
> and swine. However, the church Obama attended for the past 20 year does
> condemn whites and refers to whites as inferior beings (apes). That same
> church also praises Lois Farrakhan, the head of NOI (Nation of Islam), a
> purely Black Muslim group who also condemns whites. 


   If I ever see Obama's church on a ballot I will
be sure to vote against it.
 




 16 Posts in Topic:
British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
Major Debacle <Major_D  2008-07-05 16:02:48 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
jose <josefsoplar@[EMA  2008-07-05 16:23:21 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
Major Debacle <Major_D  2008-07-05 17:30:32 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
"Wayne H. Wilhelm&qu  2008-07-05 23:01:10 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
Mitchell Holman <Noema  2008-07-05 22:04:00 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
"Sanders Kaufman&quo  2008-07-06 01:26:44 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
"Wayne H. Wilhelm&qu  2008-07-06 10:43:55 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
"Sanders Kaufman&quo  2008-07-05 19:30:16 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
Major Debacle <Major_D  2008-07-05 17:54:52 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
Phisher KIng <locker2@  2008-07-05 20:48:08 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
"free.tuneup@[EMAIL   2008-07-05 18:24:44 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
"Wayne H. Wilhelm&qu  2008-07-05 23:03:23 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
"Sanders Kaufman&quo  2008-07-06 01:29:48 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=F6bius_P  2008-07-06 06:08:31 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
Major Debacle <Major_D  2008-07-06 09:38:10 
Re: British schoolboys punished for refusing to pray to Allah
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=F6bius_P  2008-07-06 06:09:08 

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