Islamic schools in Britain teach anti-Semitism

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Secondly, this BBC news report looks kind of misleading and deceptive ... they got a "Saudi investigator" whose face is hidden from the screen to translate and hoard the textbooks for the course, and then just showing pictures of hands and body parts and saying that the school is teaching children anti-semitism. I'm not really trusting all this information. If this is not a cooked up story, then why isn't there any British police to shut down the schools and arrest the people who are responsible for teaching the courses?

It was a conspiracy video just as I expected:

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iERA Responds to the “British Schools, Islamic Rules” Panorama Programme

London, 23rd November 2010

On the 22nd November 2010 the BBC aired a Panorama programme entitled “British Schools, Islamic Rules”. This programme aimed to investigate the “disturbing evidence” that some Muslim schools were providing a platform to “extremist preachers” and “fundamentalist Islamic groups”. The programme also attempted to “expose” the extreme, anti-Semitic and homophobic material found within the curriculum of some Islamic schools.

In short, the programme misrepresented established Islamic teachings on a range of issues in a manner that portrayed them as crude and insensitive whilst linking them to social unrest and violence.

In a statement by Saqib Sattar, Vice-Chairman of the Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA), he said “The attack on Muslim schools as an institution is both ill-informed and misguided. Muslim schools constantly achieve high academic standards with students continuously becoming highly responsible members of society, contributing positively to the public good. No ‘hard’ evidence has ever been presented otherwise. Muslim Schools have excelled in this regard, due in no small part to their ethos which is rooted in the Islamic scholarly tradition which provides an objective and cohesive basis for social values and norms, something which we find lacking in our increasingly secular society. The irony is that most of our social ills stem from the failure of state schools and society at large to provide such grounding, leading ever more conscientious parents to choose private or faith schools for their children’s secondary education. Faith schools and communities are providing that important moral voice for our society, making their presence felt through social welfare projects across the country. The contribution of faith communities should actually be championed and not maligned.”

The BBC has shown that it does not have the ability to convey the reality of the Islamic tradition. iERA condemns such irresponsible and sensationalist programmes. It is obvious that this Panorama programme has been designed to attract viewers without engaging their minds.

Continued here: http://www.iera.org.uk/pdf/PRESS_RELEASE...gramme.pdf

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So long for John Ware's honesty in his witch hunt against the Muslims ...

As for the Saudi investigator who was "translating" the Quran - i.e. saying that "The Jews look like monkeys and pigs" - this is not what is written in the Quran, and you can ask this to anyone who knows Arabic. Rather, the verse only states that a cetain group of Jews were transformed into monkeys (and not pigs) because of their disobedience to God by breaking the Sabbath. So, from this we know that the verse is written in past tense. And it is not directed against all Jews, but only some Jews. And God did this to them for a specific reason (as mentioned in the Quran).

"And indeed you knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath, so We said to them: 'Be you monkeys, despised and rejected.'" (Surah 2:65)

They don't? Then why do so many Muslim clerics, Imams and elders support these horrible acts? Why don't we hear moderate Muslims condemning these terrorist activities which are carried out in the name of their religion? People like you want to tell us that the terrorists do NOT represent Islam, but you do nothing to speak out against them. Where are the Muslim leaders publicly condemning the terrorists?

Imams and Muslim leaders do speak out against terrorism. If you google the words "Islam and terrorism," you'll find plenty of articles which are against terrorism.

How about all that then Rayaan? More mis-interpretations no doubt?

They are misinterpretations indeed.
I posted a longer reply in the other thread since you made a separate topic for it.

Here: http://atheistforums.org/thread-5446.html

From the Islamic Education and Research acedemy?!?! I'll take the BBC over them for impartial views for some reason. Pfft