Era una clase de educación religiosa que incluía entre sus prácticas el bajar la cabeza en dirección a la Meca. Dos chicos, de 11 y 12 años, se negaron, por lo que les castigaron:
Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and ‘pray to Allah’ during a religious education lesson.
Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped.
They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at Alsager High School, near Stoke-on-Trent – which included wearing Muslim headgear – was a breach of their human rights.
La dirección de la escuela sale por los cerros de Úbeda:
Deputy headmaster Keith Plant said: «It’s difficult to know at the moment whether this was part of the curriculum or not. I am not an RE teacher, I am an English teacher.
«At the moment it is our enterprise week and many of our members of staff are away.
«The particular member of staff you need to speak to isn’t around. I think that it is a shame that so many parents have got in touch with the Press before coming to me.
«I have spoken to the teacher and she has articulately given me her version of events, but that is all I can give you at the moment.»
Que si él no es quien para juzgar, que si la profesora no está, que hay dudas sobre si eso es parte del curriculum, que «es una vegüenza que fueran a la prensa antes de hablar con eĺ. Esto último es un insulto ¿para qué van a hablar con él si es incapaz de decir nada claro?
Las autoridades de la zona también han reaccionado a la altura de las circunstancias:
«Enquiries are being made into the circumstances as a matter of urgency and all parents will be informed accordingly.
«Educating children in the beliefs of different faith is part of the diversity curriculum on the basis that knowledge is essential to understanding.
«We accept that such teaching is to be conducted with some sense of sensitivity.»
Están investigado; el conocimiento de otras religiones es esencial para mejorar el entendimiento mutuo; estamos de acuerdo en que esas enseñanzas hay que hacerlas respetando distintas sensibilidades. Es decir, están intentado quitarle hierro al asunto y acusan a los padres de hipersensibilidad.
Hoy mismo hemos leído en la prensa española que el Justicia Mayor del Reino pide que se aplique la sharía para asuntos internos de los musulmanes… Y aun insisten en que esto se va a arreglar «aplicando la ley».
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