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NEW citizenship lessons have been proposed to prevent Muslim pupils from becoming suicide bombers and increase their participation in British society.
Young Muslims will be asked to consider the impact of the 7/7 bombings on their victims; encouraged to report terrorist plots to the police; and women advised not to wear the full Islamic veil to “avoid confrontation”.
Drawing on the Koran to counter extremist ideology, pupils will be taught to channel any anger against British foreign policy into legitimate forms of protest, such as the ballot box.
The curriculum is already being used in up to 200 Islamic schools, or madrasahs, as well as some mainstream state schools, mainly in West Yorkshire. Now, the government, which has part funded the initiative, wants to see it rolled out nationally in madrasahs and schools, though there are no plans to make it compulsory.
Officials estimate that about 100,000 Muslim children attend madrasahs or religious classes at mosques each day, normally after school or at the weekend. But the instruction they receive has traditionally focused on reciting the Koran and learning Arabic.
The new citizenship classes have been introduced by the Bradford Council of Mosques, which has trained about 50 imams in the “Nasiha” (good advice) curriculum.
Sajid Hussain, an Oxford-educated secondary school teacher, has devised more than 30 lesson plans that can be downloaded from the internet. They are aimed at pupils aged 10-17.
Hussain claimed radical preachers had tried to drive “a wedge between a Muslim person’s faith and society”. The lessons, he believes, will enable youngsters to challenge extremist views by using evidence in the Koran.
“It’s okay saying Islam teaches against suicide bombings, but we need to know why,” he said. “It’s very important that young Muslims understand that their faith is not divisive.”
A lesson on the “sacredness of life and property” aims to teach pupils “that it is unlawful to make oneself into a suicide bomb and kill others in a country where Muslims have given a religious promise to respect its laws”.
Sources at the Department of Communities and Local Government, which has been monitoring the programme, confirmed that it wanted it to be used nationally.
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Yes, he freely admitted that he was not able to control the large islamic population in Brussels. Maybe that's why he allowed a demo on the 10th, that promoted the view that the jews and President Bush had orchestrated the TradeTower terrorist attacks.
Mads Skjern, Korsbæk, Denmark
You can trust anybody on earth other than Muslims. They can wear different hats including some new ones at moment's notice!
By permitting a huge number of Muslims in UK, US and Europe, you have imported problems. It will be only matter of time, before you start seeing their pan-Islamic loyalty, subversion of democratic system, deliberate effort to sabotage law and order, full exploitation/misuse of democratic laws to serve their purpose, misuse all state facilities/doles and give back in return with frequent riots, terrorist and fifth columnist activities.
We have progressed fully to this stage in India. Your conditions are similar to the condition of India in 1947. We saw many similar dramas! After all, we, all non-Muslims, are Kaffirs! Deport them all by modifying the very laws, which permitted them to enter! They are a liability from all angles!
Regards,
Krishna R. Kumar, Udupi, India
Thank you 'bookworm'
Please do all within your power to widely communicate this information about the enemy that appears to be British.
Voltaire said "If there were no god, then man would invent one"
Imagine a world free of religion. Imagine a Britain free of un-British people.
Peter, Auckland, New Zealand
Charles Lowndes.
If you honestly think your country is safe from this global problem, then all i can say to you is that you havent a clue what its like here in the UK, it will happen to you, its just a matter of time, read and learn the Koran, its all there, the ideology.
Shane, Clitheroe, lancs
Finally, a muslim who is trying to address the muslim problem. I question why the Muslim council of britain and other such organisations seem to sit on their hands or at the very least are not overtly attempting to address the issues. An element of responsiblility for innaction rests on their shoulders if they do not do more.
Someone who is getting rel frustrated with some pe, OMAN,
You Brits should head for Heathrow and grab the next flight to New Zealand. We enjoy our multi-cultural society because we know how to get along with each other. Our security is both geographic and political (our non-beligerance ensures our unimportance as a target of value.)
Charles Lowndes, , Auckland, , New Zealand
Why do we have muslim immigration?
Christopher Hyde, Paris, France
That "religious promise to respect its laws" from a Moslem is worth nothing: apart from the fact that 'taqiyya' permits a Moslem to lie, swear false oath and bear false witness when dealing with non-Moslems, there is also this:- Speaking of a Moslem's loyalty to a nation, Tariq Ramadan in his Living in the West: "When I live in a country or when I am a citizen in it, I respect its constitution. This is an Islamic principle." However, he hastens to qualify this statement by stressing that a country's constitution and laws must ONLY be respected "as long as there is no social, cultural, economic, or legal aspect in that country that contradicts any Islamic principle." He makes it quite clear that "the Muslim respects the laws of the country only if they do not contradict any Islamic principle." http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA26606 200 madrassas in England?! This is a delaying tactic to calm the dhimmis' fears. It's kitman (islamic strategy)
Bookworm, london,
"War is deception" - the "prophet" mohammad
Sorry, I just don't trust anything these people do anymore.
Mike Wood, Bradford, UK
A march entitled "Stop Islamisation Of Europe" scheduled for 11th September was banned by Brussels Mayor Thielemans.
Stephen Gash, Carlisle , England