The "Freeola Customer Forum" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked study has revealed.
It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.
There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades - where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem - because lessons often contradict what is taught in local mosques.
The findings have prompted claims that some schools are using history 'as a vehicle for promoting political correctness'.
... continued
The Crusades are still a contentious issue. Last year, Saxon were banned from playing at the Desert Rock Festival in Dubai, as some local press made a big deal out of their song Crusader, interpreting it as anti-Islam, instead of simply being about the events and attitudes of the time, with lyrics about heathens tasting steel and so on.
Offending people? For God's sake, the Church has probably apologised for such events, and the Saracens themselves were formidable warriors. And as far as I know, it was their invasion of the Holy Land and expelling of Christians (or something) that sparked those wars. The past happened, deal with it and let people analyse it.
If they have a problem with it, give them the chance to have their say or opt out, if you really think you're at a risk of upsetting people.
Yes, it's a big issue. But yet more of this "Political Correctness" in reactions.
Its these types of extremeist views of refusing to believe the holocaust that could lead to the holocaust happening again. Look at the middle east, want to destroy isreal and hurt jews? 1939 the final solution idealogy?*
*Ok, for the record, muslims are not a disguise for nazisim.
Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked study has revealed.
It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.
There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades - where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem - because lessons often contradict what is taught in local mosques.
The findings have prompted claims that some schools are using history 'as a vehicle for promoting political correctness'.
... continued