Muslim Council of Britain Lists Demands of British Public Schools

@ninozara Said

This is THREE YEARS old...

Many of the things - wearing headscarves for example - have been allowed for many years in a lot of schools.

As for allowing girls to wear trousers in school/PE - that is a fight me and my Mum had with a school when I was younger (and again when I was in secondary school - as the rules then stated 'for religious reasons only') But we won easily enough.

@sarky Said

As maybe from the previous thread you do not seem to realise how much a school has to change the building, and do a hundred and one things to accomodate a minority of pupils, you may wish to read up on: Meeting The Needs of Muslim pupils.

This may give you a better understanding.

This isnt as simple as just being allowed to wear trousers or not.

Parents evenings/vacinations must be rescheduled
Halal food must be served
If fasting packed lunches must be made by the school for pupils to take home
The staff have to be trained in Halal food
No detentions during the month of Ramadam
Swimming and PE lessons can be a problem
Girls cant swim with boys
Toilets must be ajusted
washrooms provided

The lists and demands go on and on and on.

Who has to pay for all this too?

For the record i think you have your wires crossed as i didnt give any info on YOUR BBC link.

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Parents evenings/vacinations must be rescheduled

@someone_else Said

Considering you didn't provide a link, you just said Google...the first thing that comes up is an article published Feb 22, 2007.

Is this closer to what you meant?
Demands for State Funded Muslim Only Schools in Britain


And as far as this part is concerned...


Did you mean vacations or vaccinations?

@sarky Said

As maybe from the previous thread you do not seem to realise how much a school has to change the building, and do a hundred and one things to accomodate a minority of pupils, you may wish to read up on: Meeting The Needs of Muslim pupils.

This may give you a better understanding.

This isnt as simple as just being allowed to wear trousers or not.

Parents evenings/vacinations must be rescheduled
Halal food must be served
If fasting packed lunches must be made by the school for pupils to take home
The staff have to be trained in Halal food
No detentions during the month of Ramadam
Swimming and PE lessons can be a problem
Girls cant swim with boys
Toilets must be ajusted
washrooms provided

The lists and demands go on and on and on.

Who has to pay for all this too?

For the record i think you have your wires crossed as i didnt give any info on YOUR BBC link.

@ninozara Said

To be fair, if students are fasting it makes sense that they shouldn't do certain things - simply for health reasons. Christian's also fast, and many other religions. Being aware of a child's diet is something that teachers SHOULD be doing.

As for toilets/'washrooms' - they should be separate anyway?

Also, you assume the 'minority' of students. I know quite a few schools where Muslim Students make up the Majority. Though that is besides the point - because they are minority they don't matter?

The BBC link is the only known source I could see on this

@sarky Said

Yes you got the right link!
Vacinations cannot be given during the month of fasting.

@someone_else Said

Okay, but I took that to mean that they wanted private schools. Like how we (in the States) have Catholic Schools, Seventh Day Adventist Schools, etc.

@sarky Said

There are over 60 million people in this country and less than 2 million muslim school pupils.

They are a minority.

@sarky Said

No they set out demands for the existing public schools to change to accomodate them!

@sarky Said

No they set out demands for the existing public schools to change to accomodate them!

@ninozara Said

Obviously you haven't looked at or read her link

In fact the info in that is regarding a completely different group!!

@someone_else Said

It is? Maybe I better re-read my own link.

@someone_else Said

It is? Maybe I better re-read my own link.