Thread: Schoolboys disciplined for 'refusing to pray to Allah'

Yeah, teach them about it...don't make them do it. Show a video or explain how they pray in their religion, for fuck's sake.

Hey, heres an idea, we're gonna teach the kids about Nazism so why don't we go gas a few Jews at the end of class?

I understand learning through doing but if it's on a sensitive subject like religion then the school should require a take home form explaining the activities and then let the parents and children decide to opt out.

I was happy when in third grade our cultural learning teacher would bring foods, clothes, toys and candy in from the varying cultures and that whole day we would pretend to be in that culture. I learned a lot more that way than what I would have through a book or movie. My favorite was when we studied Japanese culture, I'd never used chopsticks before then and I learned how to use them there. Had I not learned I would have felt foolish moving here to Hawaii where I have used them on hundreds of occasions such as parties where the serving utensils were chopsticks and nothing else.

I too learned to deftly use chopsticks after entering a foreign culture.

College.

I like to think that I pray to Allah every time I take a dump.

Taking the time to learn how to eat with chopsticks was well worth it. Now i dont have to embarrass myself by asking for a fork when we go out to eat.

The waiter seemed incredibly pleased when i told him i could finally do it :P

I dont mean to generalize, but i think Islam is one of the most corrupted religion ever. My opinion is most likely biased, as i am a christian but many of teh seemingly pushy and idiotic christians are like that because...well they simply are, that and ignorance. But i notice in Islam, while there are many devout and wholesome individuals, many individuals use the religion as a device to perform their own personal agendas.

Originally Posted by YSK

I dont mean to generalize, but i think Islam is one of the most corrupted religion ever. My opinion is most likely biased, as i am a christian but many of teh seemingly pushy and idiotic christians are like that because...well they simply are, that and ignorance. But i notice in Islam, while there are many devout and wholesome individuals, many individuals use the religion as a device to perform their own personal agendas.

Please all of those televangelists aren't in it for their own personal interest?

If anyone ever tried to make one of my kids pray to allah, I'd be in Jail.

The problem stems from the fact that like it or not, kids will believe anything an adult tells them, and with a subject as confusing as religion i think its best not to tell them anything about it until they're old enough to grasp the concept that there are many different beliefs.

When my kids come to that stage, they can choose whatever the hell they like to worship, but until then ill save them the confusion and they can be atheists.

Going off personal experience, the whole issue left me confused as hell for years as a child, i don't think it's fair.

Did the lesson on Islam include the 9/11 attacks? The suicide bombings in Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel? How about the constant murders/bombings in Southern Thailiand? The Philippines? How about the mullahs of Iran sending children rolling across the battlefield in the Iran-Iraq war to clear minefields with their bodies in the name of martyrdom. Let's teach them about what Islam has done in the past 25 years and then let them make their own decision about whether they want to pray to allah.