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Submitted by Tim Burton (United Kingdom), Apr 28, 2006 at 15:16

Writing from Staffordshire, East Midlands, England.

It may well be true that mainstream American education (and British education, come to that) has serious shortcomings with regard to discipline, with drugs and knives being regularly brought to school. Students at Islamic teaching establishments may well be safer - physically at least.

However, this should not be a license for Islamic schools to teach hatred and intolerance of non-Muslims and the non-Muslim host countries that have been so good as to grant them traditional Western freedoms such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

Physical safety is important, but more important is that young minds should not be crippled by an arrogant, supremacist and intolerant doctrine of hate towards non-Muslims.

It should never be forgotten that in Muslim lands there would be no such tolerance for non-Muslims to teach hatred of Muslims or to promote such Western values of freedom.

The sooner that Islam reforms to reject such hypocrisy, the better. Otherwise we are on course for the clash of civilisations predicted by Samuel Huntingdon.

To summarise, Islam needs to adapt to the West and to the 21st century. The West does not need to adapt to Islam and an outdated 7th century point of view.

Tim

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Islamic school teacher [98 words]A teacherSep 14, 2008 15:42138552
Extremists in many religions teach hate [77 words]B. A. WilsonJul 1, 2007 12:28102135
1westerners should know the meaning of modesty [86 words]thomasFeb 24, 2008 16:26102135
imagine if Christians taught this type of racism [103 words]Phil GreendJun 8, 2007 01:2996687
Islamic Schools [192 words]DebbyApr 11, 2006 12:3942926
2Reply to Debby [206 words]Tim BurtonApr 28, 2006 15:1642926
be careful, Tim... [216 words]zAug 29, 2006 22:4442926
1Islam must adapt to Modernity [650 words]Monte GardnerJun 11, 2007 17:0042926

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