School trip to a mosque?

Question

My grandson has just been offered a package of three school trips - roman ruins - theatre - mosque. Now while I can understand the first two, I cant understand why on earth they would include the third! Would they take Moslems to a Church? I somehow don't think so. I feel incensed by this and wonder what else they are shoving down our kids throats while at school!.

Should tell you its not a choice its all of them in a package

What is racist about this question? You can have white Muslims as well as black muslims. IWith the climate we live in where Muslim clerics are preaching hate and the Muslim community are doing very little to counter them. Why should we send our children to visit mosques

Joey I agree

Answer 1

Ohhhhh don't get me started on this one. I sympathise with you - I got thrown out of my daughters school for being racist when I complained about exactly the same thing. My daughter was taught all about the Hindu elephant god and yet she knew nothing about the Christian faith, Jesus or the meaning of Easter or Christmas. I'm not overly religious but it still angered me that the school wanted to take her to a mosque (where they insisted her head be covered) and yet were not prepared to take her to a church. I refused point blank to let her go. Its this country that has gone PC mad .

Answer 2

The first two make perfect since; they are a historical facet of the western world. Islam, no, that has historically been an aggressor towards the western world, and don't start the crusades nonsense anyone; actually read about it and you'll see they began as a response to Muslim aggression. Visiting churches and cathedrals makes more sense than a mosque, since Islamic teaching played no real role in the development and history of the west whereas Christianity is one of the foundations of it; stay back nutjobs I said Islam, not Arab scholars there is a difference.

If you are his legal guardian refuse to let him go to the Mosque. If his parents raise him, than see how they feel about it.
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And for the record, Moslems is the historical name for followers of Islam. So is the term Mohammedans. The more widely accepted term, today, is Muslims.

Answer 3

This shows that the direction of fear and hate is not just incoming from THEIR extremists, but also from ours.
What would be so bad about seeing a building and becoming familiar with another world. Unless there are services being held, the visit is purely cultural and would promote positive exchange.

This exclusivist, "mine is better than yours" thinking from both sides is why there are wars instead of cultural exchanges and animosity instead of acceptance and tolerance. Peace can only be achieved when the hateful and the intolerants are muffled and only then can humanity shine through. This goes for both sides.

Answer 4

I would feel bad about that too, first they allow a 2,000,000 Muslim community to establish itself in the UK without so much as a word to the British people, when they see that such an ancient backward religion will not fit into the UK they desperately try to calm the situation by school visits .

It is all part of a programme which includes a disproportionate Muslim presence in the media, this was also I suspect organised by the er"government"

Of course it is not a racist question trish, Islam is 90% politics based on religion and not a race. The future conflict will be ideological not racial

Answer 5

agree with ruby! muslim kids are taken to church, no harm done. so why u kicking up a fuss about ur grandson going to a mosque? geez...only trying to make them more free minded and see the world and understand ppl in a different light. Muslims ARE NOT terrorists if thats what your thinking dear!

Answer 6

Why not? Roman ruins, Mayan Ruins, Ankor Watt, Notre Dame, Vatican, Old North Church, Golden Temple, Hagia Sofia etc. are all interesting and historical. Religion is secondary.

Answer 7

I went to a Buddhist temple when I was at school and a mosque. It was cool, but I didn't convert or anything. It was just another day trip for me and didn't mean anything more than a skive from school!

I think it would be out of order if your children were devote Christians, but otherwise I don't see how it will do them any wrong.

Muslims at my school joined us to celebrate Xmas...I know there is a lot of Muslim bashing on here, sometimes I think it is because people are rightly angry such as being told by a Muslim employee that Christmas decorations are offensive. I have several Muslim friends who are already planning on buying their turkey and love mince pies just like I like to eat dates and Bhafi when I see them at Ed. When I get married my best friend who is a Muslim will come to my church when i get married with her family. They are all practicing Muslims, but obviously have faith strong enough to not worry about being converted to Christanity just becuase they step in a church. They believe their God is the same as the Christian God. Just a different name. The believe in Jesus and the Angel Gabriel, Adam and Eve and Abraham. They just don't believe Jesus was son of God. They believe he was a prophet. Can't argue there as I don't believe it either and I'm church of England. But I do believe he was a good man and had an important message of peace and tolerance.

I wonder if you know much about either religion and how they are almost identical in their origins.

Answer 8

In my opinion, if ou don't want your grandson about other religions then you should try and convince his parents. If however you are his gurdian you have every right to take him out of learning about others religions.

Even though I personally think that learning about other religions opens up peoples eyes to the world around them, it is your opinion and I do think you should either discuss it with either the parents or teachers, otherwise your just whining.

Answer 9

What you mean a government sponsored religious activity? What happened to "separation of church and state"? I guess that's only the case when the liberals want it to be. Voice your outrage...tell O'Reilly. I think your grandson should be allowed to opt out of the Mosque, if he so chooses. After all that would only be fair and as we all know Liberals are nothing but "fair".

Edit: I love how the liberals responding to this question keep spinning this as education. What happened to separation of church and state? Why don't we get the ACLU involved after all what's good for the goose...

Here's my question they're in Rome right? Why a mosque and not St. Peter's Cathedral? Why muslim (which has nothing to do with the history of Rome) and not Christian? If this is an "educational" trip as the liberals have put it? What kind of education is your grandson getting at that school?

Answer 10

I don't see the equivalence of Roman ruins, theatre and mosque. Roman ruins and theatre, yes esp if it's a Roman amphitheatre. But a mosque--my question is, how does that fit in?

If he doesn't want to go, he should just opt out. If he wants to go, let him.

Answer 11

As an American, In my opinion i believe that there is nothing wrong with going to the mosque. I have gone to the mosque several times over the years and i enjoyed every minute of it. Why not see both sides of the religions? It will get kids a better understanding.