22 November 2013

Children of 8 are 'racist' if they miss Islam trip: School's threatening letter to parents is met with outrage

Parents were ordered to send their children to a workshop on Islam or have them labelled as racist for the rest of their school career.

They were sent a letter warning that the primary school pupils would have a ‘racial discrimination note’ put on their records if they did not go.

Families were told to pay £5 per child for the Explore Islam trip next Wednesday to Staffordshire University, which would involve Year 4 and Year 6 children being shown Islamic artefacts.

[A COMMENT] Seems to me this type of things is being forced upon us from every direction. It can and will result in resentment

[ANOTHER COMMENT] Would non-Christians have received such a letter if it had been a Christian outing? [Daily Mail] Read more