Monday, April 9, 2007

BRITISH SCHOOLS DROPPING HOLOCAUST LESSONS SO AS NOT TO "OFFEND" MUSLIMS

TEACHERS DROP THE HOLOCAUST TO AVOID OFFENDING MUSLIMS (Daily Mail)
Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed study has revealed.

It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.
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It found some teachers are dropping courses covering the Holocaust at the earliest opportunity over fears Muslim pupils might express anti-Semitic and anti-Israel reactions in class.
The researchers gave the example of a secondary school in an unnamed northern city, which dropped the Holocaust as a subject for GCSE coursework.

The report said teachers feared confronting 'anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'.

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