Think tank proposes Australian students be taught positives about Islam and Muslims
The Sunday Mail (Qld)
July 11, 2010 12:00AM
EVERY Australian school student would be taught positive things about Islam and Muslims and that Australia was a racist country, under a plan being proposed by an education think tank.
The plan is outlined in a booklet Learning From One Another: Bringing Muslim Perspectives into Australian Schools published this week by the Australian Curriculum Studies Association and The University of
Melbourne's Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies.
It says there is a "degree of prejudice and ignorance about Islam and Muslims" and Australian students must be taught to embrace difference and diversity.
The booklet refers to al-Qa'ida as "a famous name" synonymous with the traditionalist movement in Islam, with no reference to terrorism.
Its authors are offering free seminars to teachers.
Bid for Islamic teachings
LAURIE NOWELL
Sunday Herald Sun
July 11, 2010 12:01AM
EVERY Australian school student would be taught positive aspects about Islam and Muslims - and that Australia is a racist country - under a proposal by an education think tank.
The plan is outlined in the Learning From One Another: Bringing Muslim Perspectives into Australian Schools booklet, published during the week by the Australian Curriculum Studies Association and the University
of Melbourne's Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies.
It says there is a "degree of prejudice and ignorance about Islam and Muslims", and Australian students must be taught to embrace difference and diversity.
The booklet refers to the al-Qai'da of Osama bin Laden as "a famous name" synonymous with the traditionalist movement in Islam. It makes no reference to terrorism.
It says "most texts used in Australian English classes still have a Western or European perspective".
Its authors are offering free seminars to teachers, which promise to "provide avenues for you to introduce Islam- and Muslim-related content in your classrooms" and "equip you with the skills to meet the needs
and expectations of Muslim students in a multi-faith classroom".
But education experts have branded it a biased and one-sided approach that ignores Australia's Christian heritage and Western culture.
"The book fails to mention the terrorist nature of such Islamic fundamentalists or describe their terrorist acts like the Bali bombings," education consultant Dr Kevin Donnelly said.
"Ignored is what some see as the inherently violent nature of the Koran, where devout Muslims are called on to carry out jihad and to convert non-believers, and the destructive nature of what is termed dhimmis -
where non-believers are forced to renounce their religion, are discriminated against and forced to accept punitive taxation laws.
"Given that Australia's schools, on the whole, are secular in nature and the argument that classrooms should not be used to teach a particular faith, it's understandable why introducing religion into school subjects
for many would be unacceptable," Dr Donnelly said.
ACSA executive director Catherine Schoo said the booklet was misunderstood.
"This is simply a resource for non-Muslim teachers who may want to improve their understanding of issues Muslims face in Australian schools," she said.
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Turkey
A Catholic Bishop who was a leading figure in Christian communities in the Middle East was stabbed to death at his home in southern Turkey Thursday, and police arrested his driver in connection with the attack. The jihadi murderer climbed on the roof of the house shouted: "I killed the great Satan! Allah Akbar!" An update HERE.
June 7, 2010
Pakistan (Hat tip to InfidelsareCool)
The head of a Muslim village ordered the expulsion of 250 Christian families after they objected too strenuously to sexual assaults by Muslims on Christian girls and women.
Pakistan
Pakistan Government tightens security at minorities worship places. Some Christians were put on a ‘hit list.’
June 13, 2010
Iraq
Non-Muslims are not welcome any longer in large segments of the country. Kidnappings, rapes and executions are daily occurrences for the non-Muslims of Iraq.
June 14, 2010
Pakistan
In "Talibanized" Pakistan Christians are victims of yet more attacks.
June 15, 2010
Afghanistan/India
“We need Christians’ help all over the world to stop the Afghan government from arresting Dari-speaking Afghan Christians and condemning them to death by public execution.”
Somalia (hat tip to InfidelsAreCool)
The Muslim parents of a 17-year-old Somali girl who converted to Christianity severely beat her for leaving Islam and have regularly shackled her to a tree at their home for more than a month.
June 16, 2010
The Netherlands (Translated. Hat tip to IslaminEurope)
Muslims who become Christians in the Netherlands often have to deal with persecution, harassment and death threats.
Egypt (Hat tip to Pajamas Media)
Egyptian government is forcing the Coptic Christian Church to change its doctrine.
Pakistan (Hat tip to JihadWatch)
Five Muslims here kidnapped and raped a Christian girl after threatening to kill her unless her father allowed one of them to marry her.
June 17, 2010
Morocco
A Moroccan Christian is currently in prison serving 15 years for proselytizing.
Morocco (Hat tip to JihadWatch)
Moroccan Christians say Muslim extremists in the country are aiding and encouraging the government to pursue them by exposing and vilifying them on social networking site Facebook.
Kyrgystan (Hat tip to InfidelsAreCool)
Christians receive death threats during ethnic violence with the Uzbeks that kills 190 people.
Egypt (translated by Raymond Ibrahim. Hat tip to JihadWatch)
An Egyptian girl is kidnapped and her gold jewelry stolen by the Muslim village elder.
June 18, 2010
Afghanistan
The Afghan government is arresting and executing Afghani Christians.
June 22, 2010
Indonesia (Hat tip to JihadWatch)
Islamic extremists destroy an "immoral and blasphemous" sculpture saying it refers to the Christian trinity.
June 26, 2010
Pakistan (Hat tip to InfidelsAreCool)
Muslim students attacked a Christian professor at the University of Peshawar this month after he refused their demand to convert to Islam.
June 28, 2010
Israel
Seven Israeli Arab jihadis were arrested for murdering a Jewish cab driver and planning to kidnap and murder a Christian Arab in Nazereth and other crimes.
Bekasi, Indonesia
A new group calling itself the Bekasi Islamic Presidium is planning a roadshow aimed at persuading every mosque in the city to prepare for the possibility of “war” against “Christianization.”
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