Isn't this going too far? http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20080704/tuk-prayer-refusal-pupils-disciplined-6323e80.html HESTIA'S PRINCESS - that is a really good point, you are right.
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Yes
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yep....and get ready for more from the religon of "peace"..
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Pssh, and everyone's always praising the UK for being such a secular nation.
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Yes it is going too far. More than you know.
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Didn't really think something like that would happen in the UK. Anyways I agree with what the parent said, "This isn't right, it's taking things too far."
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That incident is wrong on so many levels, imho. Yes, it is going w-a-y too far.
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Strict measures must be taken that nothing like this never happens. To me it's intolerable - teachers must be suspended to set a precedent that nothing of sorts is ever repeated again. It's NOT A RELIGIOUS SCHOOL! Everyone must make their OWN choice.
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Yes, it's really unbelievable.
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Assuming it's true, because what we're talking about here is an allegation being investigated not a confirmed event then it's not only too far but completely against the Education Reform Act of 1988 and the European Human Rights Act of 1998. The only religious pressure permited in UK schools is that of the "Worship of a broadly christian nature" (read as CofE) enforced daily during morning assembly which is something you can opt out of as a child or a parent. What it looks like to me is that the children in question were being shown the way Muslims pray (it is a physical act involving a series of postures and actions, something I remember being taught in school some 17 years ago) and didn't want to participate, this however isn't a disciplinary situation unless the children were deliberately abusive about it (which I can believe quite easily in today's climate). I'll wait and see what the investigation reveals though before I go getting too upset. I suspect the news industry saw the word "Allah" being used in a negative connotation and jumped on it prematurely as usual
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Answer: This is indeed going too far -- There should be no "Practical" demonstration of ANY religion in a school not devoted to that religion. I can only image what would have happened if someone was disciplined for refusing to participate in a Pagan ceremony either in the US or the UK -- The school would have been shut down!
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If it happened the way the parents said it did, then yes. On the other hand we're only hearing one side of the story so far. I'll reserve judgement until all the facts come out.
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Why does it concern you?
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