“This will be used to further remove Christianity from British schools.” Admin
New rules for British public schools require teachers to “challenge” some religious beliefs of parents in the name of equality, according to the Christian Institute in the United Kingdom.
The rules were written by the government after several schools were “taken over by governors seeking to impose harsh Islamic practices,” the institute said.
The organization reported that what now is being called the “Trojan Horse affair” was documented in a report from Peter Clarke, the former chief of counter-terrorism for the Metropolitan Police. Clarke said school children were encouraged to express vocal support for anti-Christian remarks and Christmas was banned.
The government report found a “coordinated, deliberate and sustained action, carried out by a number of associated individuals, to introduce an intolerant and aggressive Islamic ethos into a few schools in Birmingham.”
Students who opted to study Christianity for one of the requirements “sat separately in classes and had to teach themselves,” the report found. Also, a teacher “held an assembly where he reportedly said: ‘Jesus wasn’t born in Bethlehem, was he?’ and, ‘We don’t celebrate Christmas, do we?’”
Children were expected to reply “no.”
There even was an allegation that IT technicians recorded “what appeared to be al-Qaida terrorist videos into a DVD format.”
On the surface, the rules are to require schools to teach “British” values, including tolerance and respect for others.
However, the institute noted the legal opinion from John Bowers, Queen’s Counsel, who found that schools could be sued over what they teach.
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