The New Holocaust Deniers

Campus Report Online ^ | April 6, 2007 | Don Irvine

[liberty1971]

The New Holocaust Deniers by: Don Irvine, April 06, 2007

British schoolteachers have become the latest Holocaust deniers by dropping the subject from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim students according to a newly released government backed study.

The study, funded by the Department for Education and Skills is entitled "Teaching Emotive and Controversial History" focuses on as the name implies, history teaching in British primary and secondary schools.

Some of the findings from the study:

• Teachers that are reluctant to cover the Holocaust for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.

• Holocaust courses being dropped over fears that Muslim students might express anti-Semitic or anti-Israel sentiments in class.

• Resistance to teaching about the Crusades of the 11th century –where Christians fought Muslim armies for the control of Jerusalem- because the lessons often contradicted what local mosques were teaching.

So now history as we know it has been labeled controversial if it deals with anything that may offend someone, particularly Muslims. If this is their attitude why bother teaching history at all since just about anything in history could be construed as controversial and is likely to offend some individual or group, not just Muslims.

This is yet another example of political correctness rearing its ugly head by creating a controversy where none existed before. The news reports on this study didn't cite a single example of any complaints from the Muslim community, and is just based on the teacher's own fear of offending a group that represents less than 3 percent of the British population.

Instead what they have done is anger the Christian majority (72 percent) that have no problem with the Crusades and Holocaust being taught because it is history.

As Chris McGovern, history education adviser to the former Tory government told the Evening Sun "History is not a vehicle for promoting political correctness. Children must have access to knowledge of these controversial subjects, whether palatable or unpalatable."

History isn't always pretty, but it is history nonetheless

Don Irvine is the chairman of Accuracy in Media, Accuracy in Academia's sister organization.

[massgopguy]

They are not entitled to their own facts. Especially since they were Holocaust cheerleaders. A la the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the beatification of Heinrich Himmeler.

[Sonny M]

Whats that line about those who do not know and repeating it?

FWIW, I'm surprised they didn't go all the way and just revise history for the muslim students where the Nazi's are defending themselves against the jews.

[antiRepublicrat]

Probably don't want to cover the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, who was working with Hitler on the "Jewish problem." He was an instigator of the Holocaust, and these Muslim kids probably revere him.

"To the Grand Mufti: The National Socialist movement of Greater Germany has, since its inception, inscribed upon its flag the fight against the world Jewry. It has therefore followed with particular sympathy the struggle of freedom-loving Arabs, especially in Palestine, against Jewish interlopers. In the recognition of this enemy and of the common struggle against it lies the firm foundation of the natural alliance that exists between the National Socialist Greater Germany and the freedom-loving Muslims of the whole world. In this spirit I am sending you on the anniversary of the infamous Balfour declaration my hearty greetings and wishes for the successful pursuit of your struggle until the final victory. Signed: Reichsfuehrer S.S. Heinrich Himmler"

Inspecting Muslim Waffen SS troops.