[quote]A British network of more than 40 part-time Islamic schools and clubs with [b]5,000 students has been teaching from a Saudi Arabian government curriculum that contains anti-Semitic and homophobic views, including a textbook that asks children to list the “reprehensible” qualities of Jews[/b], according to a BBC documentary broadcast on Monday.
The 30-minute “Panorama” program quoted the Saudi government-supplied textbook as saying that [b]Jews “looked like monkeys and pigs,” and that Zionists set out to achieve “world domination.” The program quoted a separate part of the curriculum — for children as young as 6 — saying that someone who is not a believer in Islam at death would be condemned to “hellfire.”[/b]
The program said the textbooks had been obtained by an “undercover” Saudi Arabian researcher who asked for them during a visit to one of the Saudi-backed schools and clubs, which meet in the evenings and on weekends in a network that is linked to the cultural bureau of the Saudi Embassy in London.
On Monday, the embassy did not respond to requests for comment, but Saudi officials quoted by the BBC disavowed direct responsibility for the schools and clubs and described the teachings cited in the program as having been “taken out of their historical context.”
One of the textbooks, according to the BBC program, [b]prescribed execution as the penalty for gay sex, and outlined differing viewpoints as to whether death should be by stoning, immolation by fire or throwing offenders off a cliff[/b]. Another set out the punishments prescribed by Shariah law for theft, including amputation of hands and feet. A BBC video accompanying an article on the program’s Web site showed a textbook [b]illustration of a hand and a foot marked to show where amputations should be made.[/b]
Michael Gove, the education minister in the government of Prime Minister David Cameron, said on the program that the government would not tolerate “anti-Semitic material of any kind in English schools.” He elaborated in interviews with British newspapers, saying there was also no place in British schools for teachings against gay men and lesbians. But Mr. Gove appeared to be at pains not to allow the issue to develop into a confrontation with Saudi Arabia.
“Saudi Arabia is a sovereign country,” he said in a statement issued as the program was broadcast. “We have no desire or wish to intervene in the decisions that the Saudi government makes in its own education system. But we are clear that we cannot have any anti-Semitic material of any kind being used in English schools.”
Mr. Gove added that Ofsted, the government-appointed agency with oversight of education and children’s services, would be “reporting to us shortly” on measures to tighten oversight of part-time schools, whose teaching is currently free of the controls imposed on full-time schools.
“Panorama,” which first appeared on the BBC nearly 60 years ago, is described by the corporation as the world’s longest-running current affairs documentary program. Other “Panorama” investigative programs in recent years have focused on the Vatican’s restrictive rules for dealing with accusations of child molestation by priests, the Pentagon’s inability to account for billions of dollars spent in Iraq, and a pattern of alleged bribes and kickbacks among coaches and scouts in English professional soccer.
Neal Robinson, a theology professor at Leeds University who has written widely about the Koran and Islamic teachings, said in the BBC program that the material cited from the textbooks was taken from ancient texts, and added: “To present it cold, as it is here, as part of the teaching of Islam, is not wise. In the wrong hands, yes, I think it is ammunition for anti-Semitism.”[/quote]
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/europe/23britain.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss[/url]
Scary thing is, this is what they teach out of textbooks in Saudi Arabia...
I've got to watch this 'Panorama' episode on Iplayer then.
So, I'll see you guys in the hellfire.
Why dosen't britain hold communism school.
Its Best religion :colbert:
I'm just waiting for Starpluck and the rest of the Islamic Army of Facepunch then we can get this party started.
[QUOTE=Kim_Jong_il;26247061]Why dosen't britain hold communism school.
Its Best religion :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Shouldn't you be firing stuff at Worst Korea?
[QUOTE=Kim_Jong_il;26247061]Why dosen't britain hold communism school.
Its Best religion :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Why have we not thought of this before Glorious Leader?!
[QUOTE=Gentlemanne;26247067]I'm just waiting for Starpluck and the rest of the Islamic Army of Facepunch then we can get this party started.[/QUOTE]
yeah how dare someone insist that the actions of a few don't represent a huge, diverse group of people? WHATA IDIOT
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;26247084]yeah how dare someone insist that the actions of a few don't represent a huge, diverse group of people? WHATA IDIOT[/QUOTE]
They may be huge, and diverse, but they're still muslims and therefore the question validates itself; How DARE you?
[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;26247028]So, I'll see you guys in the hellfire.[/QUOTE]
If the crazy extermists all go to heaven, hellfire seems like a nicer place to be.
[QUOTE=Gentlemanne;26247117]They may be huge, and diverse, but they're still muslims and therefore the question validates itself; How DARE you?[/QUOTE]
this post does not form a coherent response. i am honestly not sure what you are trying to say
[QUOTE=mrfrogurt;26247124]If the crazy extermists all go to heaven, hellfire seems like a nicer place to be.[/QUOTE]
Plus, virgins are so fucking clingy and dumb. Now imagine 72 of them.
such a lovely understanding religion lets all accept it and it's murdering of gays
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;26247147]this post does not form a coherent response. i am honestly not sure what you are trying to say[/QUOTE]
Islam is a stain on the surface of the planet and must be eradicated, that's what I'm trying to say.
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[QUOTE=Gentlemanne;26247171]Islam is a stain on the surface of the planet and must be eradicated, that's what I'm trying to say.[/QUOTE]
that's what she said
haha akward
[QUOTE=Samuelgames;26247202]Related video, I've found this link today and I've found it to be interesting on the subject, give it a look
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaYX4-wvFQw[/media][/QUOTE]
If you live in the west
and are concerned with islam
and the islamization of your country
you need to stop being a goddamned paranoid child who accuses all foreigners of taking over your country and taking yer jobs
[editline]23rd November 2010[/editline]
brown people on my street? THEY MUST BE TAKING OVER
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;26247254]If you live in the west
and are concerned with islam
and the islamization of your country
you need to stop being a goddamned paranoid child who accuses all foreigners of taking over your country and taking yer jobs
[editline]23rd November 2010[/editline]
brown people on my street? THEY MUST BE TAKING OVER[/QUOTE]
Hey, I'm not worried about brown people taking my jobs, they're far too dumb for that. I just don't like their style.
[QUOTE=Gentlemanne;26247291]Hey, I'm not worried about brown people taking my jobs, they're far too dumb for that. I just don't like their style.[/QUOTE]
you went too obvious man. kids these days don't know how to troll, for shame
[QUOTE=Kim_Jong_il;26247061]Why dosen't britain hold communism school.
Its Best religion :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Breaking news: Kim Jong Il does not understand communist views on religion.
:wtc:
[QUOTE=Tea;26247158]such a lovely understanding religion lets all accept it and it's murdering of gays[/QUOTE]
We talking about Islam or Christianity here?
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;26247084]yeah how dare someone insist that the actions of a few don't represent a huge, diverse group of people? WHATA IDIOT[/QUOTE]
The OP also secretly cut out the "some" part of the original title.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00w8kwz/Panorama_British_Schools_Islamic_Rule[/url]
Episode in Question
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;26247309]you went too obvious man. kids these days don't know how to troll, for shame[/QUOTE]
No, really. I have superlative grades and as you've all experienced I'm a very charming person. So I'm not worried that some towelhead who can barely speak the language and demands paid leave during Muslim holidays is going to take my job. And I still don't like their stupid fucking religion or their even dumber way of life.
[QUOTE=starpluck;26247356]The OP also secretly cut out the "some" part of the original title.[/QUOTE]
Show me.
Lessons of Hate at Islamic Schools in Britain
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/europe/23britain.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss[/url]
[QUOTE=Thom12255;26247665]Show me.
Lessons of Hate at Islamic Schools in Britain
[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/europe/23britain.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss[/url][/QUOTE]Never mind, not your fault. It says it in the browser title for some reason.
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I hate religion
[QUOTE=Gentlemanne;26247152]Plus, virgins are so fucking clingy and dumb. Now imagine 72 of them.[/QUOTE]
The terrorists don't mind, you know they're all secretly teddy bears on the inside.
[QUOTE=Kim_Jong_il;26247061]Why dosen't britain hold communism school.
Its Best religion :colbert:[/QUOTE]
This man is a genius.
Great shooting today by the way glorious leader!
Lol there's always so much I want to say about issues like this, but then I realize I'm on Facepunch and what would happen if I did.
Nonetheless the moment a group, or cult, or religion (muslim or not), or whatever you want to call it, becomes a [b]physical threat[/b] to me, my family or my close friends, then I'll be concerned. Laws? Pft there's always loopholes, and I for one wouldn't consider myself 'law abiding', so nothing new for me there.
But this is pretty discomforting, sad to see kids growing up brainwashed like this...
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