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PARENTS in Swindon want their children pulled from religious education classes that teach them about Islam, town headteachers have warned.
According to the annual report of the Standing Advisory Council On Religious Education - the thinktank of religious leaders, teachers, councillors and community members that meets four times a year to devise the religious education agenda in Swindon's schools - headteachers are looking for advice after being approached by parents who don't want their children to learn about Islam.
While the report says the parents concerned are a small minority, town Islamic leader Mansoor Khan has warned that fears about his religion must be addressed.
Mr Khan, the general secretary of Thamesdown Islamic Association, blamed the boycotts on fears created by the actions of extremists in the July 7 bombings and September 11 attacks in New York.
"That's bearing on people's minds but that's nothing to do with Islam," Mr Khan said.
"Even if it's a small problem it still needs to be sorted out."
He said he was willing to talk to any concerned parents at any school, and would investigate joining the advisory council.
Sacre's report says religious education classes reflect the multi-faith background of Swindon but the committee's adviser has been concerned about inquiries from headteachers from a small minority of parents wishing to withdraw their children from teaching on Islam."
It has introduced new units for early years in secondary schools to increase the number of faiths covered.
Advisory council member and Parks councillor Fay Howard said the committee would investigate further. "That is a very big concern," she said.
Coun Howard said the issue had spread to the Sikh community, saying she had heard of one parent requesting their child be withdrawn from an excursion to the temple in Gorse Hill.
Fellow councillor, advisory committee member and former headteacher Eric Shaw said education should expose children to a variety of ideas.
He said the emotive issue involved a very small number of parents but could not be ignored.
"It needs working out, not putting under the carpet," Coun Shaw said.
"I'm sure this has come up more as a result of recent unfortunate events or if families have somebody in places like Iraq."
Ridgeway School headteacher Steven Colledge said parents at his school had not asked for children to be removed from classes dealing with Islam but he was shocked to hear that it had happened elsewhere.
"It's hard to understand why a parent wouldn't want their child educated about the world," he said.
"Religious education is not about converting anybody to Islam or any other religion."
Drove Primary School headteacher Nick Capstick said any parent that wanted their child out of classes covering Islam was very shortsighted.
He said no parent at his school - which has pupils from the most ethnically diverse backgrounds in Swindon - had asked that their child be removed from any classes on religion.
His school recently held Christmas carols that involved children of all faiths, including Muslims.
"We would be reluctant to support any child being withdrawn from a class," Mr Capstick said.
He said the key to a happy school and community was understanding and respect of other cultures and beliefs.
"If you take your child away from that, you are being divisive," he said.
brian compton, says...
10:20am Fri 22 Dec 06
paul D, says...
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Anon, says...
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dave godfrey, says...
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Garry, says...
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gls, says...
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anon, says...
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Paul Davies, says...
12:26pm Fri 22 Dec 06
Hang on a minute, says...
1:21pm Fri 22 Dec 06
Also - lets not forget that the world-conquering nation of just 120 years ago was the UK. We invaded much of Africa and the Indian Subcontinent and basically took over. That was just 4 or 5 generations ago. After we had robbed these countires of all that they were worth and imposed our forms of government and agriculture upon them we left leaving them to fend for themselves.
GE, says...
1:23pm Fri 22 Dec 06
UK Daily Pundit, says...
2:35pm Fri 22 Dec 06
JENNIE, says...
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Bryan, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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harry, says...
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j.odey, says...
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Janice L, says...
4:31pm Fri 22 Dec 06
Anon wrote:People like you with your arrogant and condescending PC views where you know whats best for everyone else and their children is what has caused the UK to begin to degenerate into a multicultural **** hole as can be seen in parts of London. When someone disagrees then you resort to name calling such as facist. Grow up or better yet move somehwere else. May I suggest Pakistan!
The amount of ignorance in this town never ceases to amaze me. It is incredibly offensive that any parent would keep their child away from learning about other religions, including Islam, Sikhism, Buddism etc. Christianity is still widely taught in primary schools and it is about time other religions were included more. I am saying this as a white, british-born, person brought up in the christian faith for all those out there thinking I'm Muslim. These parents should think more about their own facist views they are passing on to their own children.
Harry, says...
4:33pm Fri 22 Dec 06
JENNIE, says...
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N Harvey, says...
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CK, says...
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Francis Horden, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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Phil Elvin, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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mark, says...
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The ghost of Christmas past, says...
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Simon Dickinson, says...
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george whyte, says...
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Harry, says...
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Bowen, says...
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mad mike, says...
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Happy Winterval, says...
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Cat, says...
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Veer, says...
1:52am Sat 23 Dec 06
paul D wrote:Paul, I'm Sikh and my family and I go mostly every Sunday to the Sikh temple and church. I have been also to the synagogue. I believe on Jesus. However, I have never been to a Mosque because I feel uncomfortable to go there. I have absolutely no objections if my child is being taught about Christianity. I have no problems with any British tradition as I would celebrate and respect them as well. Its just the matter of how tolerant the person is.
Is judaism taught in schools as well ? How would muslims, supporters of islam, sikhs etc feel if they were taken into a synagogue ? would they be as understanding as christians ? Interesting thoughts
Rowan, says...
1:57am Sat 23 Dec 06
Ronald Hume, says...
6:11am Sat 23 Dec 06
Tom, says...
8:50am Sat 23 Dec 06
chris.w, says...
9:01am Sat 23 Dec 06
JENNIE wrote:What a selective view of history all Muslims have. They completely ignore the fact that a few short years after the death of their prophet, Mohammed, Moslem armies attacked, without provocation, what was the former Roman Empire, called Byzantium. Byzantium was Christian and the Moslems were really out to get them.
\"When in Rome do as the romans\" When in UK do to please others it seems not our own. When in their Counrty do as THEY want NOT OUR CULTURE. We are all so easily scare to upset and they paly on it. You would not get away with it in their country so why come here to do it and \"THEY KNOW IT\" I am White, I am not a RACIST, but this is \"ENGLAND\" and each to their own so why push it onto us. Everyone has a choice in what they believe, not to be forced into it. I will not let my kids be taught and that goes for Christianty as well, when they are old enough to make their own choice then so be it. No one has the right to force any religion on to anyone not matter what it is. \"FREEDOM OF CHOICE\" Not like it seems. AS STATED WE ARE ALL TO SCARED TO OFFEND THESE PEOPLE??????
phitzy2, says...
9:06am Sat 23 Dec 06
phitzy2, says...
9:08am Sat 23 Dec 06
zac smithers, says...
9:09am Sat 23 Dec 06
ãÍãÏ ÇáÈÑÇÏÚí wrote:Be VERY careful, it is not our idiot government that makes us one of the most powerful countries on earth, it is our people. Whilst our government may tolerate you people the time is rapidly coming to an end that the people of this country are going to tolerate you any further. Be careful not to wake the dragon, you will find out how weak and insignificant you really as you are driven into the sea and out of existence.
Our children in infant schools are already beginning to outnumber the morally corrupt indigenous population of the UK, that is the future of Britain. Even without further immigration we will have your country off you. We are the religion of peace and to prove it we will take your country off you without going to war. The time when we have to show the Kaffur any respect in this land is coming to an end. As for the BNP we will have you in orange jump suits and appearing on Al Jazeera receiving Allahs punishment, you know what I mean!
JENNIE, says...
9:11am Sat 23 Dec 06
phitzy2, says...
9:21am Sat 23 Dec 06
Harry, says...
9:36am Sat 23 Dec 06
David Smith, says...
10:11am Sat 23 Dec 06
محمد البرادعي wrote:The above is all true.
Our children in infant schools are already beginning to outnumber the morally corrupt indigenous population of the UK, that is the future of Britain. Even without further immigration we will have your country off you. We are the religion of peace and to prove it we will take your country off you without going to war. The time when we have to show the Kaffur any respect in this land is coming to an end. As for the BNP we will have you in orange jump suits and appearing on Al Jazeera receiving Allah’s punishment, you know what I mean!
Conrad B Toms, says...
10:39am Sat 23 Dec 06
Simon Dickinson, says...
11:21am Sat 23 Dec 06
ROBERT CROSS, says...
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Chris, says...
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Valentine, says...
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Clive, says...
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Dave B., says...
1:24pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Valentine wrote:Yes there was. It was a Waffen SS Divsion.
Can some of your more educated readers please tell me if their was a Muslim SS division in the last war
Dave B., says...
1:33pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Valentine wrote:More info here:
Can some of your more educated readers please tell me if their was a Muslim SS division in the last war
Jack, says...
1:40pm Sat 23 Dec 06
D Clover, says...
1:49pm Sat 23 Dec 06
brian compton, says...
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Adrian Morgan, says...
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Dave, says...
2:13pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Jack wrote:History.
Of course the have been many atrocities done in the name of Islam, but don't forget the evils done in the name of the Christian faith. Colonialism, Crusades, the Ku Klux Klan and even Hitler professed a Christian faith. In order for schools to cooperate with the National Curriculum, there has to be a balance in what is taught in Religious Education, which means learning about each major religion.
Also, do parents seriously believe that schoolchildren will 'convert' to Islam, after reading about it in a textbook? What positive effect are you expecting in withdrawing your children from class? The only effect it will have is increased ignorance and greater tension between communities.
penhillbilly, says...
2:16pm Sat 23 Dec 06
penhillbilly, says...
2:26pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Colin, says...
3:33pm Sat 23 Dec 06
harry d, says...
4:21pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Iqbal the Anglo Saxon, says...
4:38pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Jack, says...
4:45pm Sat 23 Dec 06
CK, says...
4:47pm Sat 23 Dec 06
محمد البرادعي wrote:You think so do you? Get this. This is OUR country. YOU are a GUEST in our country, and you and your kind are now UNWELCOME GUESTS. You come here, sponge off the state, breed like rabbits then bite the hand that feeds you. You are an infestation that sooner or later will be got rid off, so don't get too cocky. You say that you are the religion of peace? I suggest you look up a dictionary and read the meaning of the word "peace". You're in for a shock! You don't know the meaning of the word.
Our children in infant schools are already beginning to outnumber the morally corrupt indigenous population of the UK, that is the future of Britain. Even without further immigration we will have your country off you. We are the religion of peace and to prove it we will take your country off you without going to war. The time when we have to show the Kaffur any respect in this land is coming to an end. As for the BNP we will have you in orange jump suits and appearing on Al Jazeera receiving Allah’s punishment, you know what I mean!
chris.w, says...
4:49pm Sat 23 Dec 06
zac smithers wrote:Islam spread far from its birthplace in the modern nation of Saudi Arabia. By AD1095, Muslim territory included land where Jesus Christ lived. Christians warriors of the era believed Christians, not Muslims, should control their holy lands.
ãÍãÏ ÇáÈÑÇÏÚí wrote: Our children in infant schools are already beginning to outnumber the morally corrupt indigenous population of the UK, that is the future of Britain. Even without further immigration we will have your country off you. We are the religion of peace and to prove it we will take your country off you without going to war. The time when we have to show the Kaffur any respect in this land is coming to an end. As for the BNP we will have you in orange jump suits and appearing on Al Jazeera receiving Allahs punishment, you know what I mean!Be VERY careful, it is not our idiot government that makes us one of the most powerful countries on earth, it is our people. Whilst our government may tolerate you people the time is rapidly coming to an end that the people of this country are going to tolerate you any further. Be careful not to wake the dragon, you will find out how weak and insignificant you really as you are driven into the sea and out of existence.
phitzy2, says...
4:52pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Muhammad Ali Jinnah wrote:Morally corrupt - yes a small proportion of any population has its problems - drugs etc but this is a MINORITY!!.
Chris wrote:The BNP is that the best you can do! They are nothing as I have already said the BNP we will have you in orange jump suits and appearing on Al Jazeera receiving Allah’s punishment, This country is moraly corrupt. The English people bring their children up on playstations fit for nothing but but collecting dole, stealing and sliding into drug addiction. Please don't act surpprised that we are taking your country off you. You need us after all someone has to work in the UK to support your drug fuelled bankrupt lifestyles. Search your harts you know it's true.
Well Said Simon, people need to wake up and save themselves, their children ,our history and heritage or all will be just a byword in decades to come. Thankfully the BNP are voicing the frigthened cowtowed majority opinion as the bulk of the nation is so afraid and brainwashed by this marxist cabal that they are no longer able to speak as a nation. It is a shameful state of affairs and not one that the heroes of two world wars fought for, not just to let Militant Islam march in and disposess the very people whose tolerance and cultural heritage enabled them to come to this beautiful land in the first place.Britain Awake. Please, soon.
DENNIS, says...
5:04pm Sat 23 Dec 06
mega, says...
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penhillbilly, says...
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OUT OF HAND, says...
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ADVER, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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penhillbilly, says...
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Simon Dickinson, says...
7:15pm Sat 23 Dec 06
OUT OF HAND wrote:It's called open debate and democracy my friend, and it is thanks to the ruling marxist minority who have consistently silenced any opposition to their ill thought out policies, that we now find our entire national structure of freedoms and identity under threat as a result.
This is all getting out of hand. SWINDON ADVERTISER: ARE YOU HAPPY TO STIR UP HATRED? IS THIS WHAT YOU ARE AIMING TO ACHIEVE?
Charley, says...
7:40pm Sat 23 Dec 06
harry d, says...
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Chris Moran, says...
7:56pm Sat 23 Dec 06
We are christian and want to stay that way
thanks to the ruling marxist minority
To Harry D, says...
8:04pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Out of hand,get a life?
Beelzebub, says...
8:06pm Sat 23 Dec 06
a, says...
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To Beelezebub, says...
8:16pm Sat 23 Dec 06
As for the BNP well I do not belong there but maybe they do have a point
Angel, says...
8:17pm Sat 23 Dec 06
To Angel, says...
8:20pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Angel/Beelzebub, says...
8:35pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Mr Beelzebub, brush up on your grammer before you slate others.
As is quite obvious you are a recent immigrant/asylum seeker maybe we can make an allowance or are you already claiming?
ken bates, says...
8:44pm Sat 23 Dec 06
a, says...
8:56pm Sat 23 Dec 06
phitzy2 wrote:thankyou for the warning.about b&q and i totally agre with every word you say. a
Muhammad Ali Jinnah wrote:Morally corrupt - yes a small proportion of any population has its problems - drugs etc but this is a MINORITY!!. However, lets look at your pathetic Islamic \"Morals\". The highest proportion of unemployment is in the Muslim community sponging off us \"immoral\" westerners so wheres your logic and your morals above. Muslim men rape women and children and actually do this more in this country to deliberately show disrepect as required by their Koran. Muslim men subjugate women who they class as inferior. They bury them up to their armpits stone them to death with jagged rocks. They murder anyone who does not convert to Islam They murder their own people in the attempt to kill westerners. If a woman is raped they murder them for infidelity. Wow you really are more moral than us westerners - how could i have thought otherwise. Lastly, a small point, Muslims tend to smell as they don\'t use deoderant. A Muslim woman works in our local B&Q and when she is in the whole store reeks of B.O. Avoid the Burton Upon Trent B&Q if you value your nasal passages!!!!Chris wrote: Well Said Simon, people need to wake up and save themselves, their children ,our history and heritage or all will be just a byword in decades to come. Thankfully the BNP are voicing the frigthened cowtowed majority opinion as the bulk of the nation is so afraid and brainwashed by this marxist cabal that they are no longer able to speak as a nation. It is a shameful state of affairs and not one that the heroes of two world wars fought for, not just to let Militant Islam march in and disposess the very people whose tolerance and cultural heritage enabled them to come to this beautiful land in the first place.Britain Awake. Please, soon.The BNP is that the best you can do! They are nothing as I have already said the BNP we will have you in orange jump suits and appearing on Al Jazeera receiving Allah’s punishment, This country is moraly corrupt. The English people bring their children up on playstations fit for nothing but but collecting dole, stealing and sliding into drug addiction. Please don\'t act surpprised that we are taking your country off you. You need us after all someone has to work in the UK to support your drug fuelled bankrupt lifestyles. Search your harts you know it\'s true.
at---ten---shun!, says...
8:57pm Sat 23 Dec 06
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, says...
12:11am Sun 24 Dec 06
at---ten---shun! wrote:“But they will do what needs to be done, and that possibly may involve utilising the BNP as a tool to defeat a very toxic combination of Marxist-left + naive-liberalism + islamofascism”
to all you scare-mongering PC marxists.. England did not resort to fascist dictatorship following the illiberal state-of-emergency during WW2. The English people are naturally tolerant & culturally averse to such politics. But they will do what needs to be done, and that possibly may involve utilising the BNP as a tool to defeat a very toxic combination of marxist-left + naive-liberalism + islamofascism
John, says...
12:48am Sun 24 Dec 06
john, says...
12:58am Sun 24 Dec 06
Muhammad Ali Jinnah wrote:LOLOL, can you speed up the dying for your cause bit it might ease the strain on the DSS, NHS and housing stock. You people will overstep the line pretty soon and then you will find out just how intollerant us normally tollerant people can be. Some of us can see whats comming.....and we are prepared.
at---ten---shun! wrote: to all you scare-mongering PC marxists.. England did not resort to fascist dictatorship following the illiberal state-of-emergency during WW2. The English people are naturally tolerant & culturally averse to such politics. But they will do what needs to be done, and that possibly may involve utilising the BNP as a tool to defeat a very toxic combination of marxist-left + naive-liberalism + islamofascism“But they will do what needs to be done, and that possibly may involve utilising the BNP as a tool to defeat a very toxic combination of Marxist-left + naive-liberalism + islamofascism” Don’t make me laugh! You Kaffur are so stupid, your own government are so inept they will have destroyed the BNP long before they are any threat to me and my brothers. As my glorious brothers have proved we will die for our cause whereas you morally corrupt wont even lift your arrogant faces out of your pints to even vote. I despise you people, you make my skin crawl, you are truly the sons of monkeys and pigs. Your own future king knows we will rule this land that is why he will convert why don’t the rest of you wake up and smell the coffee, you’ve had your time the future belongs to us.
at---ten---shun!, says...
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at---ten---shun!, says...
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Jeff Miles, says...
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Allah Akhbar, says...
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usabikes, says...
2:23am Sun 24 Dec 06
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, says...
2:25am Sun 24 Dec 06
Allah Akhbar wrote:Well said brother. They are so busy fighting amongst each other it would be rude not to take their land.
you dirty unwashed kaffur scum..your women throw themselves at us, your people fall over themselves to support us, we take your dss benefits andspit on you, you ignorant filth. we laugh at you
Ronald Hume, says...
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tom, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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JENNIE YOU ARE SAD, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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JENNIE, says...
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paul D, says...
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penhillbilly, says...
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john, says...
10:51am Sun 24 Dec 06
paul D wrote:ROFLMFAO!!!!
Surely I am not the only one to think perhaps this thread has been hijacked by the BNP - the names used for some of the posts are patently made up - perhaps the Adver likes creating scandals. I am all for free speech but this is pushing things too far. Allowing immoderates the opportunity to peddle their obvious bull sh*t is offensive to the majority. By all means lets have the debate, but in sensible terms. Hate is not good no matter whether your faith is chritian or muslim/islam/sikh/buddist. You should all know better. Remember this is a sacred time for Christians and the majority of the british public - let's not spoil things by being pathetic. Celebrate and enjoy Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.
Craig, says...
11:08am Sun 24 Dec 06
David Smith, says...
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Davina, says...
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keith, says...
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Admin, says...
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Abdul, says...
4:18pm Sun 24 Dec 06
at---ten---shun!, says...
4:42pm Sun 24 Dec 06
By the way... if Islam is so bad why are white people converting to Islam all this time in the west through their own free will? and the highest rate of Muslim converts in the west is women aged 18-30.... looks like some people can see through your racist ignorance.
Philip, says...
5:07pm Sun 24 Dec 06
Natalia, says...
5:16pm Sun 24 Dec 06
Abdul wrote:Well Abdul the reason is groomong. Male Muslims target white females with promises, swet talk, presents etc.
If eople want their children to be removed from RE lessons when they teach Islam then that is more or a refection on those parents than on Muslims. By the way... if Islam is so bad why are white people converting to Islam all this time in the west through their own free will? and the highest rate of Muslim converts in the west is women aged 18-30.... looks like some people can see through your racist ignorance.
Dick Norman, says...
6:31pm Sun 24 Dec 06
usabikes, says...
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john, says...
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Dave B., says...
9:19pm Sun 24 Dec 06
john wrote:They do indeed. Or at least as much.
If anyone wants to teach children the truth about Islam and its followers, where it been and where it's going just visit here www,tellthechildrenthetruth.com
I think you'll find Islam and its followers have more in common with Nazis than the BNP.
Edward Humphreys, says...
9:29pm Sun 24 Dec 06
pitbull, says...
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah, says...
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Dave B., says...
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Lee Harper, says...
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Trickey, says...
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Jesus, says...
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Simon Stokes, says...
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Angharad, says...
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john, says...
8:09pm Mon 25 Dec 06
Simon Stokes wrote:Lol, ever heard of Tribalism, Simon? Thats what we have at work here at its very worst.
Sadly this article and the comments that follow just highlight the problems we all face in the future. Equality and diversity dont really exist. We live in a country where we spend millions of pounds policing sporting events because we cannot trust opposing "fans" not to beat 7 bells of crap out of each other, what chance do we have with deep seated religions accepting one another! The PC culture and the contradiction in terms "human rights act" both serve to pander to the minorities whilst forgetting the wishes of the majority in this so called democratic society. Thers is good and bad in all religions, cultures, races, etc, and deep down eveyone thinks they are right and everyone else is wrong, which means we will never be able to live alongside each other. Each country should keep its identity and those living in it should respect and embrace its culture and heritage rather than complaining about it and wanting to change it. Anyone who doesnt like this country is free to leave at anytime, I dont work hard and pay my taxes to pay for people who want me and my way of life eradicated from the face of the earth. If they are not tolerant of me, why should they expect me to be tolerant of them. Scrap the ludicrous human rights act and lets have a common sense act where judges and the police are not scared to make honest decisions based on justice as they are terrified they will be sued for breaching human rights. If its truly a free country, then parents should be free to pull their children from any class they wish, but of course it isnt free as someone else always knows better!!! We need to sort this out before its too late and we are all wiped from the face of this planet by those who preach tolerance and peace, but have no intention of adhering to their own words. intention of.
usabikes, says...
8:13pm Mon 25 Dec 06
G. Chirgwin, says...
9:07pm Mon 25 Dec 06
john, says...
9:35pm Mon 25 Dec 06
G. Chirgwin wrote:Well, well, a serial fence sitter if ever i saw one. The problem you seem to have missed is that multiculturalism is, by New Labours own admissions, a failed attempt at social engineering. The debris of which is Islam in the UK, then lo and behold the indeginous population dont want it and politician try to appease everyone but the darker truth is that they really want it. Islam is every politicians dream religion....just think about it.
It is interesting to see how many comments have been made about this article. This in itself says a lot about the underlying concerns of the average Brit. What really disappoints me is that the comments have turned into vindictive, personal attacks. There are many examples of correspondents venting their anger and fears on each other. Both Christians and Muslims are fueling the debate with ignorant and detrimental rascist comments. This is a sad reflection on the state of multi-culturaliam in the UK at present. Peace to you all.
at---ten---shun!, says...
12:41am Tue 26 Dec 06
Philip, says...
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Steve, says...
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harry, says...
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Derek, says...
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abdul, says...
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Wormboy, says...
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usabikes, says...
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Dave B., says...
6:41pm Tue 26 Dec 06
Philip wrote:And yet (just like in Saudi where so many men use prostitutes) Muslims will go and on about The West's lack of morals. Especially sexual morals.
Here is an article from the Telegraph. Do we wants our children taught about a cult \\\"Islam\\\" whose author Mohammed was a paedophile and whose followers seem to have a high proportion of paedophiles amongst them???
Police investigate child abuse in northern town
By Nigel Bunyon
Last Updated: 2:03am GMT 21/12/2006
A major investigation into the alleged sexual abuse of young white girls by predominantly Asian men has been launched by police and childcare agencies.
So far detectives in Oldham, Greater Manchester, have arrested 20 men, five of whom have been charged with offences that include abduction and rape. However, police expect other suspects to be held in the coming weeks.
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Both Oldham Council and Greater Manchester Police have emphasised that they have discovered no evidence of an organised paedophile ring.
The phenomenon appears to be largely cultural, with mainly young Asian men allegedly preying on vulnerable girls they meet in and around the town centre.
Police suspect the victims some of them as young as 12, the rest up to the age of 17 are being groomed over a period of months and sometimes years.
In some cases the men allegedly give them such presents as mobile phones, money and clothes .
The girls often regard the men as their boyfriends. However, as the relationship develops some of the abusers allegedly coerce them into having sex .
Police sources say that although both the abusers and their victims come from a variety of ethnic groups, the phenomenon is founded within Oldhams Pakistani community.
With Pakistani girls generally determined to remain virgins until they are married, young men in the community have tended to seek out white girls for sex.
\\\"We often find that these men are smartly dressed and running around in expensive cars, said a police source. It tends to be a lot easier them to impress the girls theyre looking for than unemployed white lads with no money.
Ruth Baldwin, director of the local councils directorate for children, young people and families, refused to give details of the ethnic mix, claiming that to do so might prejudice future trials. But she insisted that both abusers and their victims were from a variety of backgrounds.
The common thread among the girls was that they had low self-esteem and felt in need of love and affection.
Some have been abused at a time they were in local authority care.
Mrs Baldwin said the abusers were in their twenties, thirties, forties and, in one case, beyond. Police insist that the majority are at the younger end of the spectrum.
The catalyst for the investigation was the claims by four girls earlier this year that they had been abused.
As many as 20 girls - some as young as 12 - are thought to have been abused by older men who buy them gifts and pose as their \\\"boyfriends\\\", before turning the relationship sexual.
More than 20 people have already been arrested, and five people have been charged with offences including abduction and rape.
Greater Manchester Police have described the abuse as a major problem but say they have no evidence that it is the work of an organised paedophile ring.
The abusers typically prey on girls they do not know, approaching them in public places. They offer gifts of mobile phones and electronic gadgets to gain their victims\\\' trust, before plying them with drink and drugs.
It is alleged that the girls - a small number of whom are in local authority care - end up being physically harmed or forced into sex.
The joint inquiry is being carried out by police, Oldham council, Oldham Primary Care Trust and the charity Barnardos.
unknown, says...
11:34pm Tue 26 Dec 06
Simon, says...
11:38am Wed 27 Dec 06
Adam, says...
1:20pm Wed 27 Dec 06
I.GOldberg, says...
1:28pm Wed 27 Dec 06
Chris, says...
3:49pm Wed 27 Dec 06
Simon wrote:lol - how very true!
You English cannot stop us now. You are weak and powerless to prevent the Islamification of Swindon. After conversion we will use your virgin pre-teenage daughters to spawn beautiful Muslims in their thousands (as there is no such thing as a teenage virgin in Swindon) - we care not about your sons. We will turn the GWR retail centre into MWR with a bazarre and Islamic studies centre with awesome minurettes of blue! We will crash our pedellos filled with high-explosives into the boats of the kuppar on Coate Water lake. Really folks, this is England, and It'll be England next year and the year after that. Relax - no-one is trying to open your mind.
annie, says...
4:41pm Wed 27 Dec 06
Dave B., says...
5:10pm Wed 27 Dec 06
unknown, says...
6:56pm Wed 27 Dec 06
mason, says...
7:53pm Wed 27 Dec 06
usabikes, says...
3:19am Thu 28 Dec 06
usabikes, says...
3:33am Thu 28 Dec 06
Alfred of Wessex, says...
3:47pm Thu 28 Dec 06
toby gugg, says...
6:08pm Thu 28 Dec 06
Abdul, says...
7:11pm Thu 28 Dec 06
Dave B., says...
9:30pm Thu 28 Dec 06
Dave B., says...
12:38am Fri 29 Dec 06
Out of town, says...
12:47am Fri 29 Dec 06
Allah Akhbar, says...
12:49am Fri 29 Dec 06
Adam wrote:I did say you were ignorant, why prove it? We dont WANT to integrate with you kaffur, why dont you understand? I almost feel sorry for you. Aggression or not, we dont care, were already here. As bush the murderer said...bring it on
I think some of the posts here are a bit out of order. You can\'t blame everything on Muslims as the post by \'unknown\' clearly shows where he thinks that by kicking out \'immigrants\' will boot the economy - what a joke, this country needs much more immegration if it is to keep growing the economy. If we think Muslims should compleatly integrate into British society we should be able to demonstrate through the example of the mainstream society the benifits of integration - but we have to face the facts that our country is a mess.... the highest rate of teenage pregnacys in Europe, anti social beahviour, no respect for the elderly, no good food, no style, yob culture and an unjust policy abroad which is killing thousands of people... the message is LEAD BY EXAMPLE as this aggressive stance towards Muslims is not good for community cohesion.
usabikes, says...
3:30am Fri 29 Dec 06
Neil Mercer, says...
10:44am Fri 29 Dec 06
Chris, says...
4:57pm today Fri 29 Dec 06
abdul, says...
6:00pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Dave B., says...
6:05pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Neil Mercer wrote:How many more times!!!???
Some of the comments on here make me despair.
When will people realise that religious education teaches children ABOUT religion, it does not tell them what they should believe.
The more our children understand about the world they live in the better. Religion plays a major part in society. Therefore children should learn about ALL religions.
Dave B., says...
6:11pm Fri 29 Dec 06
abdul wrote:Idiot!
usabikes - you cant blame the policys of secular govements in the Muslim world today on Islam.... as for why people in the west are turning to Islam... well this a very interesting point.... secular society (due to it's historic experiance with Christianity and chrisitan rule before the advent of secularism) belive that religion is somthing that you can never prove.
However Islam from the very start invited people to think and brings proof to justify this with CERTANTY. This is why people who pracice Islam or convert to Islam have peace of mind and they know with intellectual certanty that they are on the right path.
Another way to look at this is that if the Quran is not from god them why has not one single human being on the fact of the earth in the last 1400 years been able to prove that the Quran is not from god:
http://theinimitablequran.com/
Out of town, says...
6:49pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Dave B. wrote:dave b, i think ud do very well in america
abdul wrote: usabikes - you cant blame the policys of secular govements in the Muslim world today on Islam.... as for why people in the west are turning to Islam... well this a very interesting point.... secular society (due to it\\\'s historic experiance with Christianity and chrisitan rule before the advent of secularism) belive that religion is somthing that you can never prove. However Islam from the very start invited people to think and brings proof to justify this with CERTANTY. This is why people who pracice Islam or convert to Islam have peace of mind and they know with intellectual certanty that they are on the right path. Another way to look at this is that if the Quran is not from god them why has not one single human being on the fact of the earth in the last 1400 years been able to prove that the Quran is not from god: http://theinimitablequran.com/Idiot! How can one prove something that does not exist! Seeing as jihadists like you force your fantasy beliefs (at the point of a gun and the threat of a bomb) onto everyone else...IT IS YOU that should have to prove the Quran (or the Bible come to that) are the word of God...Go on then!! Prove it or shut up and keep you\\\'re delusion to yourself and not on our streets! Fanatasy fanatic Abdul you have no place in our country. Take the others like you (including the moronic Western converts) and vanish to the backwards countries that do have the barbaric word of Islam as it\\\'s rule of Law!! Or are the benefits not as good?
Out of Town, says...
6:51pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Dave B., says...
7:20pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Out of Town wrote:The same USA who sent soldiers to doe in Europe and to fight alongside us? Sounds okay to me.
dave b, i think ud do very well in america
however, in the uk we practise freedom and tolerance? which we can do alongside islam ( i know you'll be surprised to hear that)
there are extremists, and lunatics in every faith and culture unfortunately. it is just a shame that you only seem to recognise this as being a problem in one faith
after all, George Bush did initially say he started the war in Iraq 'because god told me it was the right thing to do'
Dave B., says...
7:23pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Out of Town wrote:The same USA who sent soldiers to doe in Europe and to fight alongside us? Sounds okay to me.
dave b, i think ud do very well in america
however, in the uk we practise freedom and tolerance? which we can do alongside islam ( i know you\'ll be surprised to hear that)
there are extremists, and lunatics in every faith and culture unfortunately. it is just a shame that you only seem to recognise this as being a problem in one faith
after all, George Bush did initially say he started the war in Iraq \'because god told me it was the right thing to do\'
Philip, says...
7:55pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Neil Mercer wrote:Neil
Some of the comments on here make me despair. When will people realise that religious education teaches children ABOUT religion, it does not tell them what they should believe. The more our children understand about the world they live in the better. Religion plays a major part in society. Therefore children should learn about ALL religions.
Derrick, says...
8:25pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Dave B., says...
9:32pm Fri 29 Dec 06
Derrick wrote:Well the BNP would agree with Islam on it's barbaric treatment of Homosexuals.
Bring the BNP in to teach the kids about Islam, they would get the truth about this wicked faith then instead of the educationist's politically correct sanitised version of it being pushed down their throats!
Out of Town, says...
12:04am Sat 30 Dec 06
usabikes, says...
12:40am Sat 30 Dec 06
abdul wrote:Abdul, you are doing the same thing on justice issues in Islamic countries as almost every other Muslim I have talked to - you are refusing to make any comment. You may have noticed that in the West we criticise such things irrespective of whether the govt or party in question is our own.
usabikes - you cant blame the policys of secular govements in the Muslim world today on Islam.... as for why people in the west are turning to Islam... well this a very interesting point.... secular society (due to it\'s historic experiance with Christianity and chrisitan rule before the advent of secularism) belive that religion is somthing that you can never prove. However Islam from the very start invited people to think and brings proof to justify this with CERTANTY. This is why people who pracice Islam or convert to Islam have peace of mind and they know with intellectual certanty that they are on the right path. Another way to look at this is that if the Quran is not from god them why has not one single human being on the fact of the earth in the last 1400 years been able to prove that the Quran is not from god: http://theinimitablequran.com/
usabikes, says...
1:03am Sat 30 Dec 06
Out of Town wrote:Sorry Out of town, but there certainly were Muslim extremists in Britain before the invasion of Iraq. Patrick Sookdheo pointed out several years ago that 5000 British Muslims had been trained in terror camps in Pakistan and were now back "sleeping" in Britain. This is well before the govt came out a month or so ago and quoted those figures - and guess where they got them from. Don't forget the have been many years of terrorism directed against the West, mainly the US, before 9/11.
dave b, i just hope ur at war with the republic of ireland, and all catholics if that is your case against islam you seem to forget that there are MILLIONS of muslims living peacefully alongside us in the this country. and were there islamic extremists in this country BEFORE this country started an ILLEGAL war with Iraq?? NO, the fact is, whatever happens tomorrow is a response and a fight back for what 'WE' have done to the rest of the world what we have seen so far is nothing compared to the damage and loss of life we have caused Iraqi / Afghani people I refuse to stand alongside america, who only acts in its OWN interest. i feel more loyalty to fellow BRITISH people who are muslim, than an american government who have led our country into the position we are in now
N B, says...
1:38am Sat 30 Dec 06
CK, says...
5:01am Sat 30 Dec 06
Dave B., says...
9:40am Sat 30 Dec 06
Out of Town wrote:Dear me!
dave b,
i just hope ur at war with the republic of ireland, and all catholics if that is your case against islam
you seem to forget that there are MILLIONS of muslims living peacefully alongside us in the this country.
and were there islamic extremists in this country BEFORE this country started an ILLEGAL war with Iraq?? NO, the fact is, whatever happens tomorrow is a response and a fight back for what 'WE' have done to the rest of the world
what we have seen so far is nothing compared to the damage and loss of life we have caused Iraqi / Afghani people
I refuse to stand alongside america, who only acts in its OWN interest.
i feel more loyalty to fellow BRITISH people who are muslim, than an american government who have led our country into the position we are in now
Dave B., says...
9:54am Sat 30 Dec 06
Philip, says...
12:17pm Sat 30 Dec 06
Philip, says...
12:26pm Sat 30 Dec 06
Jerry Hart, says...
10:14am Fri 22 Dec 06
Well, it's possible this head teacher was being quoted out of context. However, on its own the comment is typical of a politically-correct near-fascism that is rightly being challenged in many debates these days. Parents are entitled to be concerned and to have their concerns listened to. Labelling them 'divisive' or somehow hostile to good community relations doesn't help.
Perhaps what would help is paying greater attention to the difference between Islam as a religion as opposed to Islam as a political doctrine. I suspect it's the latter that people instinctively object to, as this lies at the root of the problem. Perhaps the Muslim leader who has offered to meet with parents can deal with this, and take the opportunity to openly and publicly reject Islam as an alternative to the liberal democracy that currently safeguards his free speech.