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Originally Posted by gazfan
This was a visit to a Mosque, not a brain washing exercise, no-one was being 'forced' to believe in anything, just have a look round, the girls were asked to wear a scarf during the visit, it wasn't a big deal.
Education involves safe investigation of where the boundaries are, the teacher was guilty of nothing more than allowing the students to compare religions based on a real experience - the problem was not with the teacher, but with the parents seeking to prejudice that process.
- common sense & bigotry do not exist in the same place, Arthur ...
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you dont have to be either of those things not to want to do this or have your kids do it nor does that mean they wont know about other religions
my faith means that I or my kids wouldn't do any thing at another faith church that would be considered an act of worship so although i wouldnt consider putting on a scarf to break that rule others may
personally i don't think you can learn much about another religion from a short visit to their placer of worship in any case it is just being done to make it look like they are doing their bit at teaching about other faiths imho
they would gain far more knowledge reading about it and maybe getting a person from that religion to come and answer any questions that they might have about what they read in thier own school where they would feel less presure about breaking some taboo they hadnt learned about and more likely to ask searching questions that may not have been asked while trying not to upset the worshipers at the place of worship