Muslims Force Primary Schools to Shelve Homosexual Books for Little Children
Wow!!! Finally! Something the Muslims have done that I agree with! Pre-pubescent children don’t need to learn about homosexuality from their teachers. There’s still plenty of time for that later in life when they hit puberty – then, they can sort it out for themselves… Right now, they should be concentrating on reading, writing, history, science, and arithmetic. Too bad the Christian parents have been whipped into subservience to such an extent that they didn’t even attempt to tackle the schools on this one!
Muslims’ fury forces schools to shelve anti-homophobia storybooks for 5-year-olds
01.04.08 – This is London.co.uk
Two primary schools have withdrawn storybooks about samesex relationships after objections from Muslim parents.
Up to 90 gathered at the schools to complain about the books which are aimed at pupils as young as five.
One story, titled King & King, is a fairytale about a prince who turns down three princesses before marrying one of their brothers.
Another named And Tango Makes Three features two male penguins who fall in love at a New York zoo.
Bristol City Council said the two schools had been using the books to ensure they complied with gay rights laws which came into force last April.
They were intended to help prevent homophobic bullying, it said.
But the council has since removed the books from Easton Primary School and Bannerman Road Community School, both in Bristol.
A book and DVD titled That’s a Family!, which teaches children about different family set-ups including gay or lesbian parents, has also been withdrawn.
The decision was made to enable the schools to “operate safely” after parents voiced their concerns at meetings.
Around 40 are said to have gathered at Easton to speak to staff and another 50 at Bannerman Road.
Members of the Bristol Muslim Cultural Society said parents were upset at the lack of consultation over the use of the materials.
Farooq Siddique, community development officer for the society and a governor at Bannerman Road, said there were also concerns about whether the stories were appropriate for young children.
“The main issue was there was a total lack of consultation with parents,” he said.
“The schools refused to deal with the parents, and were completely authoritarian.
“The agenda was to reduce homophobic bullying and all the parents said they were not against that side of it, but families were saying to us ‘our child is coming home and talking about same-sex relationships, when we haven’t even talked about heterosexual relationships with them yet’.
“They don’t do sex education until Year Six and at least there you have got the option of withdrawing the children.
“But here you don’t have that option apparently. You can’t withdraw because it is no particular lesson they are used in.”
He added: “In Islam homosexual relationships are not acceptable, as they are not in Christianity and many other religions but the main issue is that they didn’t bother to consult with parents.
“The issue should have been, how do we stop bullying in general, and teaching about homosexuality can be a part of that.
“This was completely one-sided.
“Homosexuality is not a priority to parents but academic achievement is. This just makes parents think ‘What the heck is my child being taught at school?’.”
He said the two schools were 60 to 70 per cent Muslim but pointed out that non-Muslim parents were among those who complained.
Traditional Islamic views condemn homosexuality but there are liberal movements, such as the Al-Fatiha Foundation, which is dedicated to gay Muslims.
The schools used materials promoted by the No Outsiders project, led by academics at Sunderland University.
A spokesman for Bristol City Council said: “All Bristol schools have a legal duty to report and deal with homophobic harassment as part of the curriculum since April 2007.”
She said the council had “temporarily withdrawn” the use of the materials in question and was liaising with various groups to “ensure that the topic can be addressed in an inclusive manner in the curriculum”.
Ben Summerskills of gay rights group Stonewall said: “The small number of parents who make a fuss will cause children to think there is something wrong.”
2 April, 2008 at 5:03 am
When I was in infant school many years ago, I started reading “Dick and Dora”,
and never had to worry if Dick had “identity issues” or if Dora was “same sex
attracted” or whatever; the goal was simply to learn to read.
These days, of course, the Three Little Pigs don’t dance, because it breaches
Sharia Law, and the Three Blind Mice throw the shoe bombs and the ricin at
the arranged marriage of Jehad and Jilbab.
2 April, 2008 at 12:51 pm
DHIMMI NYC COUNCIL SPONSORS RESOLUTION TO OBSERVE MUSLIM HOLIDAYS:
http://theopinionator.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/04/dhimmi-nyc-coun.html
And do they take in consideration that the Muslim holidays follow the lunar calendar and the dates for them are not the same for one year and the other in the Western calendar ? just wondering…
3 May, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Since when is including same-gender couples in literature “sex education”? There is nothing sexually explicit in either of these books, any more than there is in a storybook for the same age group featuring opposite-gender couples. Muslim, Christian, atheist, whatever– people objecting to these are doing so out of their own insecurities. They need a group to put down and exclude so that they can feel they’re maintaining some power or privileged position in society. Some of their children may not turn out to be heterosexual. Their parents will make these kids hate them, or hate themselves. Sad.