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NOT MEANING ANY OFFENCE BUT WONDERED WHAT OTHERS RESPONSES WOULD BE TO THIS
QUERIE IF HAPPENED TO YOUR CHILD /GRANDCHILD
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IF YOUR INFANT SCHOOL CHILD WAS TAUGHT ABOUT MUSLIM RELIGION,SHOULD THE MUSLIM CHILDREN BE TAUGHT CHRISTIANITY
OR EXCEMPT

I think all primary age children should be given knowledge of all religions. that is not to say they should be indoctrinated but should be made aware that there are other religions and taught to respect each others' religions.

when i was young i was taught all religions in RE,
so yes, i think its a good idea for us all to learn the basic of other religion as long as it is just taught, and not preaching, x

WHAT ABOUT MUSLIM CHILDREN IN THE SAME CLASS ROOM

What about them Dizzi, they are children, does the fact they are Muslim make a difference?

In our primary the children are taught about several different religions including Christianity.

The children accept others have differing faiths & are comfortable with that.

The only children who leave the class are JW's who are not allowed to tolerate any other religion other than their own.

WHAT I MEAN IS,SHOULD THEY LEARN CHRISTIANITY
OR BE EXCEMPT

THATS ALL

What exactly do you mean when you ask about Muslim children being in the same classroom ?do you think they should be in another room?

NO YOUR GETTING IT WRONG
CANT FIND RIGHT WORDS AS USUAL

As I said Dizzi ALL children should learn about all religions. Including Muslim, Hindu etc etc. Otherwise how can they make decisions for themselves later on if they don't know what other peoples religions are about.

Most Muslims already know about Christianity, here's the shocker for most......Islam believes that Jesus is a Prophet of Allah, they also acknowledge Moses and Abraham, it is written in the Koran.

Parents have the right to withdraw their child from any lesson on the subject of religion. I think there needs to be a differentation about being taught *about* and being *indoctrinated in* a religion. I'm all for being *taught about*.

If a Muslim (or any other belief) child went to a State religious affiliated school, then the parents could opt to remove their child (or arrange for them to sit at the back) if the rest of the class was being taught the Rites of the affiliated religion eg preperation for first communion.

DET

Think I know where your coming from Diz

I think it should be a 50 -50 of all faiths,one cant to be excluded but expect that one stands above another....not to be taught any religion but *enlighten* about the many faiths there are,even those as part of a school class if that

It would be well for all children (& adults too) to have a rudimentary understanding of other faiths. Unfortunately, this has never been the standard practice in UK schools - so, we have a lot of catching-up to do.

Knowledge is not a heavy burden.

I think the majority of schools teach about all religions to all pupils these days? .. where there might be an 'exemption', is from particular 'religious' assemblies ( singing Christmas carols for example) ... Though I think most school assemblies are now secular? unless in faith schools.

We were taught about other faiths. Assembly was for all, and then we split for prayers etc into different rooms as RC would not allow mixed prayers in 1947. At that time there were no children of other faiths in school.

In our primary, at the end of assembly we say a prayer & we are not a church school.

We also do the Xmas story, sometimes with a slight twit or variation but it still stays the same format. - all children of different faiths take part - apart from as I said earlier any JW children through their own choice.

I know a Muslim family and remember the little girl being an angel in the school nativity play. Her mother was fine about that and said it was a part of joining in with what happened in this country.
I think it's great that children are taught about different beliefs and hope that this leads to a better understanding and respect for other's views.

Gwyn

Hello Dizzi:o)

No l don't think Muslim children should be excempt, they should learn other religions just the same of other children do!!

jude:o) x

Hi Dermot,
Teaching children about different faiths has been standard practice in this country for at least 15 years that I know of!
Twenty years ago I remember in a Cof E primary school, the children were painting a nativity scene, and one Moslem boy decided he was going to go all 'fundamentalist' and refused to draw it, saying (quite rightly) that in Islam, the re-creation of a living being wasn't allowed. (He'd conveniently forgotten the picture of a horse he'd drawn the previous week!! LOL)
I pointed out that he hadn't been told to draw people - the nativity was in a barn, probably at an oasis and suggested he draw a barn and a few palm trees, with a star in the sky!