Pupils withdrawn from trip to Edinburgh mosque ( UK )

Scotsman ^ | 05/06/2013 | David O’Leary

[george76]

Children from Newtongrange Primary visited the Central Mosque in Potterrow, but from an original group of 90 pupils, 28 were withdrawn.

The trip had been organised to help educate the primary one, two and five pupils about other religions and cultures.

But one parent today said they didn’t want their child “mixed up in the hate being preached in mosques”.

The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the wake of the killing of soldier Lee Rigby in London, and David Cameron’s pledge to “drain the swamp” of extremism.

Religious leaders and Midlothian councillors condemned parents pulling their children out the trip, but one 42-year-old parent of a P2 pupil, who did not take part, said: “I don’t agree with sending my child to a mosque to learn about a religion that isn’t my own. It’s the hate that is being preached in these mosques that I don’t want my child mixed up in.”

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It is not known whether girls who attended the mosque were asked to wear headscarves or long leggings. For those who didn’t attend, the school laid on an alternative lesson on Islam.

[publius911]

Huh, I'm suprised she isn't in jail. There was a story a few years back about another school girl who asked not to be put in a study group with Muslims because they didn't speak English. They called the cops and took her to jail, charged with racism. It's like something you'd read on scrappleface.

As a Parent, I would opt for jail time.
But first, I would legally challenge the school district to demonstrate that all muslim students are similarly required to dress and pray like Christians, to learn the meaning and the practice of tolerance.

Absent that I would be resolutely uncooperative.