jimnyc
03-26-2021, 01:01 PM
This isn't meant as an anti-muslim thread.
My main issue? Look at Christianity and how it's abused as a bad thing. Just as of late it's wrong to be a white man, it's wrong in many places to go to church as well. Christ is taken out of many lives in a way. And there isn't much fear or respect when it's folks that aren't Christians themselves, and no one bats an eye if it's bashed. And it is, in many ways. One of the worst was 'piss chris', which was just filthy disgusting grab/attempt to make headlines for such "art", of which it did.
I just see a major difference in how religions can be treated by others.
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Blasphemy: Grammar School Teacher Suspended for Showing Mohammed Cartoon
Batley Grammar School in the north of England has apologised profusely and suspended its Religious Education teacher after he showed a cartoon of Muhammed during a lesson on blasphemy.
According to the Daily Mail, headmaster Gary Kibble issued a “sincere” and “unequivocal” apology, called the image “totally inappropriate” and said the school had “immediately withdrawn teaching on this part of the course”.
Presumably his mind had been concentrated by the large crowd of Muslim parents who had gathered outside the school since 7:30 a.m. to protest. It wasn’t until 2:30 p.m. that police were finally able to disperse the crowd — with no arrests or fines issued.
The school’s craven response may be understandable given that Muslims make up 41 per cent of local population in Batley, West Yorkshire, and given that the school itself, which serves halal-approved food in its canteen, has nearly three-quarters of its pupils from ethnic minorities — and the fact that a French schoolteacher who showed images of the Islamic prophet during a lesson on freedom of expression wound up publicly beheaded by a Muslim refugee.
But it’s also somewhat ironic given that the school’s motto is Forte non Ignave (Latin for ‘Bravely not Cowardly’); given its Christian heritage (founded in 1612 by the Rev William Lee); and given also that its most distinguished alumnus, Joseph Priestley, might not have enjoyed nearly so much success as a theologian, natural philosopher, and the discoverer of oxygen had it not been for the spirit of free inquiry which his alma mater now appears to have rejected.
The National Secular Society has described the parents’ protest — whipped up by local imams and Muslim activists — as “an attempt to impose an Islamic blasphemy taboo on a school”.
The Mail quotes Stephen Evans, its chief executive:
Teachers must have a reasonable degree of freedom to explore sensitive subjects and enable students to think critically about them.
And the school’s weak response will fuel a climate of censorship, which is brought on by attempts to force society as a whole to accommodate unreasonable and reactionary religious views.
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/03/26/grammar-school-teacher-suspended-for-showing-mohammed-cartoon/
My main issue? Look at Christianity and how it's abused as a bad thing. Just as of late it's wrong to be a white man, it's wrong in many places to go to church as well. Christ is taken out of many lives in a way. And there isn't much fear or respect when it's folks that aren't Christians themselves, and no one bats an eye if it's bashed. And it is, in many ways. One of the worst was 'piss chris', which was just filthy disgusting grab/attempt to make headlines for such "art", of which it did.
I just see a major difference in how religions can be treated by others.
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Blasphemy: Grammar School Teacher Suspended for Showing Mohammed Cartoon
Batley Grammar School in the north of England has apologised profusely and suspended its Religious Education teacher after he showed a cartoon of Muhammed during a lesson on blasphemy.
According to the Daily Mail, headmaster Gary Kibble issued a “sincere” and “unequivocal” apology, called the image “totally inappropriate” and said the school had “immediately withdrawn teaching on this part of the course”.
Presumably his mind had been concentrated by the large crowd of Muslim parents who had gathered outside the school since 7:30 a.m. to protest. It wasn’t until 2:30 p.m. that police were finally able to disperse the crowd — with no arrests or fines issued.
The school’s craven response may be understandable given that Muslims make up 41 per cent of local population in Batley, West Yorkshire, and given that the school itself, which serves halal-approved food in its canteen, has nearly three-quarters of its pupils from ethnic minorities — and the fact that a French schoolteacher who showed images of the Islamic prophet during a lesson on freedom of expression wound up publicly beheaded by a Muslim refugee.
But it’s also somewhat ironic given that the school’s motto is Forte non Ignave (Latin for ‘Bravely not Cowardly’); given its Christian heritage (founded in 1612 by the Rev William Lee); and given also that its most distinguished alumnus, Joseph Priestley, might not have enjoyed nearly so much success as a theologian, natural philosopher, and the discoverer of oxygen had it not been for the spirit of free inquiry which his alma mater now appears to have rejected.
The National Secular Society has described the parents’ protest — whipped up by local imams and Muslim activists — as “an attempt to impose an Islamic blasphemy taboo on a school”.
The Mail quotes Stephen Evans, its chief executive:
Teachers must have a reasonable degree of freedom to explore sensitive subjects and enable students to think critically about them.
And the school’s weak response will fuel a climate of censorship, which is brought on by attempts to force society as a whole to accommodate unreasonable and reactionary religious views.
Rest - https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/03/26/grammar-school-teacher-suspended-for-showing-mohammed-cartoon/