Massive reeducation begins in the UK, to make sure that no one -- no one -- opposes the spread of the jihad there. Why, to do so would be "Islamophobic." By Laura Clark in the Daily Mail, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
Children will be taught race relations and multiculturalism with every subject they study -from Spanish to science - under controversial changes to the school curriculum announced by the Government.In music and art, they could have to learn Indian and Chinese songs and instruments, and West African drumming • 'School drop-outs regret leaving'
In maths and science, key Muslim contributions such algebra and the number zero will be emphasised to counter Islamophobia.
And in English, pupils will study literature on the experiences of migration - such as Zadie Smith's novel White Teeth, or Brick Lane, by Monica Ali.
Chaucer? Shakespeare? Milton? Donne? Keats? Wordsworth? Browning? Hardy? Austen? Nah. Zadie Smith and Monica Ali.
One critic accused Education Secretary Alan Johnson of 'politicising' lessons with the new agenda. Tory MP Douglas Carswell, a member of the Commons education select committee, said schools will be vehicles for multicultural propaganda and classrooms turned into 'laboratories for politically-correct thought'.Mr Johnson was also attacked over attempts to put Britishness on the curriculum as it emerged that suggested core values are so woolly they could apply to many countries.
With concerns that standards in the three Rs are unacceptable, ministers will also face accusations that they are diverting attention away from vital subjects.
Under the recommendations - put forward in a report by former headmaster Sir Keith Ajegbo -teachers will be expected to make 'explicit references to cultural diversity' in as many subjects as possible....
However, Mr Carswell said: 'This report is prescribing precisely the wrong medicine to heal the wounds of a society that multiculturalism has divided. This is a stark example of the politically- correct lobby hijacking the citizenship agenda.
'Recent arrivals to this country have all the more reason to be given a sense of what we are all about so they can become part of it and share it. But instead this will give the green light to every politically-correct Left-Wing educationist to further undermine our society.'...
Didn't the number 0 and the field of Algebra pre-date Islam? I believe India "invented" the number 0. If the Arabs did invent algebra, the lack of subsequent contributions after the pursuit of Islam speaks volumes.
Can't wait for Robert to smack D'Souza around at 10pm.
Didn't the number 0 and the field of Algebra pre-date Islam? I believe India "invented" the number 0. If the Arabs did invent algebra, the lack of subsequent contributions after the pursuit of Islam speaks volumes.
Can't wait for Robert to smack D'Souza around at 10pm.
England is making Goebbels proud.
"Didn't the number 0 and the field of Algebra pre-date Islam? I believe India "invented" the number 0"
A quick google on "ancient + India + inventions" wll amply deomonstrate these claims of Islamic inventions as lies.
For a rather earthy take on this from a straight-talking Englishman, go here:
http://haddock-somethingfishy.blogspot.com/2007/01/curriculum-review.html
You'll need the stomach for a bit of strong language. Definitely not for the faint-hearted. Definitely R-rated.
Looks like Britain can be crossed off the list of democracies and placed in the ummah if this insanity becomes a reality. I hope the US and Canada will be ready to take in those Britons who can't take it anymore-we need all the help we can get. THESE are the refugees we could use, not more cesspoolians. But before this comes to pass I hope all those people there will fight them tooth and nail to stop the complete destruction of Great Britain. They survived the Blitz, so one HAS to hope they will be able to survive this.
I'm afraid that if the Cuacausians in Eur.keep running away from the islamic devils, these will sure take over the world.
It really is time to take a stand. I don't approve of the way things turned out in SIcily what with the mafia now, but these native Sicilians had the right idea in banding together to fight the islamics.
Fr: Cuacausians
To: Caucasians
ISLAMSFORLOSERS,
Do not be suprise if a lot of the British who want nothing to do with this Islamic takeover will not on be going to the USA and Canada, but even down under which has been putting up a good fight.
JSobieski:
While you are correct in stating the concept of "zero" came from India, that mathematical concept was also independently arrived it in the Americas by the Mayans. The Mayans were very advanced in mathematics and astronomy. I've always liked the Mayan system of math - it uses a base twenty compared to our base ten. We can only assume it's because their ancestors counted both fingers and toes whereas our ancestors just used fingers.
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Mayan_mathematics.html
Hm, if they actually manage to teach young muslims that women are equal to men and non-islamic cultures and religions are to be respected, that could be a good thing. And if Welsh, Irish, Scottish and English children learn to show off and love their cultures too, it would be excellent.
I don't think we should go overboard against multiculturalism. Yes, it is crazy if there aren't shared core values and culture trumps human rights. But here in NZ I enjoy the variety of people, cuisines, music, dance etc.
Look at it this way: when it's 'show your dance' day or 'play us your music' day or 'wear your traditional dress' or 'draw your ancient gods' etc, don't you think the young muslims will look around the classroom, wondering why their culture deprives them of so much that other people have?
It will be interesting if they institute this requirement in Islamic schools, considering that many Sunni sects consider all music haram (I think exposure to flute music, in particular, should be mandatory; there are some interesting hadiths dealing with this particular instrument...).
I don't think this regulation is such a bad idea as long as ALL SCHOOLS need to present REAL tolerance up to the same standards, and applied equally to ALL cultures. Western mores have nothing to fear in a marketplace of values -- it is only when they are continually handicapped to make the playing field uneven that it is possible for hateful ideologies like Islamism to gain advantage.
Thing is, those of us who grew up in the west generally can handle diversity, though many of us find it distasteful to have it thrust upon us as if we were disobedient children in need of correction, or in such a way that systematically discrimitates against the native culture in some oddly twisted form of self-hate (which is what much of the "multicultural" movement has become), and selectively whitewashes as "tolerant" things which are parasitically intolerant.
Much of the problem with Islamists is their tendency to selectively pick those aspects of "multiculturalism" that can be used to advance their agenda, and object vociferously to any aspects they deem unhelpful. Let them try on some REAL multiculturalism and see how their ideology survives. Other religions in the west have thrived in such a society -- how would Islamism survive in a truly open society?
"Western mores have nothing to fear in a marketplace of values" "Let them try on some REAL multiculturalism and see how their ideology survives. Other religions in the west have thrived in such a society -- how would Islamism survive in a truly open society?"
Well put, Archimedes. After all, we're not worried because they want more interesting cuisines, a variety of religions, beautiful dance, music and art, free expression and discussion of ideas. We're worried because they want to crush those things.
This cannot be.
What cannot be, Hugh? What's wrong with British children learning the truth about islam? It's emptiness, boringess, restrictiveness? Don't you think children are smart enough to see it?
This is absurd. I wonder if they will teach the REAL history of the so called Islamic contributions. The concept of '0' is NOT Islamic... nor is algabra. The FEW forward and creative thinkers were Muslim by birth only... and certainly would be considered heretics or apostates. The ONLY Muslim to receive a Nobel prize for science was in fact of the Ahmadi sect which is not even considered Muslim by the Pakastanis (or any other Muslims... Sunni or Shia) but considered heretics and are constantly excluded and pursecuted. The 'Golden Age' of Islam is a mere fantasy... and most of the 'contributions' made by the Muslim empires (now long gone...a hum do Allah) were hijacked from the empires they overran. I have nothing against multiculturalism... I have lived and worked throughout the middle east and north Africa for many years now (currently in Cairo), but we need to get real... and do so, real fast.
Legalized insanity!
http://sheikyermami.com/2007/01/29/tiny-minority-of-extremists-is-growing-sharia-now-from-london-to-sydney/
Let's consider something about the "invention" of the number zero. For years I have heard people attribute it to "Arabs". I dug into it a little and it appears the Arabs may have gotten it from the Zoroastrians. But the earliest use of something akin to zero was the Babylonians at least 2000 years BC. Even the Mayans had a zero well predating Mohammed.
It was well enough established by 628 AD that Brahamagupta codified its use in great detail.
No less then Ptolemy was using a notation for zero in 130 BC. So Zero is NOT a Mohammedan concept. They didn't even invent zero.
MR KEITH AJEGBO is half NIGERIAN!!! That’s why he wants to sabotage the British educational system
Having been born in 1946 in Lee Green to an English mother and a Nigerian father, Keith Ajegbo has devoted most of his working life to education in a multi ethnic urban environment. Following an English degree at Downing College Cambridge and three years working in a grammar school, he spent 33 years working in comprehensive schools in South East London. His last job was as Head of Deptford Green School from which he retired, after 20 years of Headship, in July 2006. While there he received the OBE for services to education.
Keith Ajegbo is now involved in a variety of activities in education which include being a School Improvement Partner for 3 schools in Newham, working with the Future Leaders Programme to train new headteachers and advising UBS, the investment bank, on their community programme. Mr Ajegbo was appointed by the DFES to lead a review on Diversity in the Curriculum (0-19) (publication
early in 2007).
I don't think we should go overboard against multiculturalism. Yes, it is crazy if there aren't shared core values and culture trumps human rights. But here in NZ I enjoy the variety of people, cuisines, music, dance etc.
You are living on a fantasy island.
Come live here (USA) where we have tons of "ethnic" restaurants but at the price of open borders and more that 20 million illegal aliens. Where those same ethnic restaurants employ illegal aliens so their food is cheaper than legitimate restaurants, and cheat on taxes like you wouldn't believe. Go google "La Shish" and "Taxes"
From the article:
"...pupils could become 'disaffected' and 'alienated' if they felt unable to discuss cultural issues in subject areas"
I have no idea where people are getting this idea from. Most kids just want to keep their heads down, do the work and get school over with, while having a bit of a laugh in the process. I know I did. Once again it's people who are out of touch with reality speaking for children. I'd like to see a kid in an average school come out with this opinion without being prompted.
And there's no real possibility of "discussion" anyway given the political climate. Any child speaking against immigration, for example, could expect to at least be humiliated by the teacher, and possibly brought up on charges of racism and suspended or excluded. Isn't freedom of speech great, kids?
You can have faith that "Chaucer? Shakespeare? Milton? Donne? Keats? Wordsworth? Browning? Hardy? Austen? " will never see the light of day in a school in a Muslim country....
Muslims are artful masters of political indoctrination. They are alway demanding for you to accept their ways yet do not allow your ways to be taught in their schools...
It is either their way or death...hmmmm. some choice...
It is time to put this insipid "political correctness" aside. Do what is right for Civilization...
Ban this moronic dealt cult known as Islam...Ban Muslim Immigration....Outlaw the Qur'an....
Fight for every square inch of any land that is free from Islam...Take back that which has been taken....Reclaim your sanity and your morales....
Being a "crusader" is beginning to sound good....
Caucasians? I thought Muslim Chechens and other guerrilas in the south of Russia were Caucasians. I'd feel safer with Subsaharan African Anglicans and Korean Presbyterians as neighbors.
Look. There's a right way to do multiculturalism, too. What is wrong with kids learning about Chinese and Indian music, or that the Hindus and Mayans independently invented the zero? And I'm a guy who likes European classical music! What is wrong with noting that most of the people who speak Spanish as a first language probably have a dash or two of American indigene ancestry? Speaking as a slightly "off white" American, I think that judging a person by the color of his skin rather than the content of his character is a no-no, too.
How many of us here have ever gone to a museum to admire a piece of sculpture or painting from the Far East? Haven't a lot of us here enjoyed the cuisines of varied places? It wouldn't hurt for kids who aren't descended from the places that provided them to learn a little bit about those places.
Of course, there is a lot to criticize, too. Except for Taiwan within the last generation, Chinese culture has labored under highly authoritarian and bureaucratized government for millennia. Hindu India gave us the caste system. Slavery is as West African as yam foufou. The West has been pulling sticks and logs out of its own eyes for ages, too.
There. You've heard that from someone who is unabashedly Christian; a lover of Classical music; a believer in government by compact (Locke and his precursors); and an admirer of a lot of Western literature. Thn again, I read Chinese better than I read French.
"New curriculum will 'make every lesson politically correct'"
..........Why not teach them the moon is made of cheese....or the earth is flat...or politicians are smart....
The truth of the Moslem possession of zero is worse than the fiction. Many civilizations claim invention of what they possess from their slaves. Also, leisure allows a master much time to consider what his slave tutor has taught him. Zero was considered by the Greeks. As a place holder it was first mentioned in ancient India. Algebra, as a computational tool, was taken by Moslems from others and played with by Moslems in the 11th century.
As Islam invades the West today it will no doubt claim it has invented everything modern including great break throughs in biology, chemistry, electronics and physics! Remember anything a Moslem takes from a Kuffir is deemed to be bounty from Allah. The Zero is clearly bounty from Allah. The more interesting question is what has Islamic civilization ever truly invented?
Exsgtbrown-
It's closer than you think. I won't go into too much detail about the people and places involved but suffice it to say that I know of at least one college lecturer in the UK who uses critical evaluation sessions to teach students that America is responsible for 9/11, the moon landing never happened, all recycled waste actually goes to a landfill in China and all Catholic priests are paedophiles. Bear in mind this is an art lecturer, not a political science lecturer. God knows what they're teaching.
They are trying to become like American schools.
"Chaucer? Shakespeare? Milton? Donne? Keats? Wordsworth? Browning? Hardy? Austen? Who are they? Ask any American high school senior and they will know who Shakespeare is but not the others.
Pick up an American middle school English literature book and you will be surprised. I looked at one recently and it had a story of a Vietnamese girl's life, a native Indian's life, the ever present Maya Angelou's " I felt ugly because I'm black" story, and The Cay which has pidgeon English diaglogue which makes reading it for English class useless but it is used because the hero is black.
Multiculti all the way. I'm sure the new ones will have the story of a Bedouin boy. With the needed undertone of how awful it is to live in American since 9/11.
Look at most Islamic countries, They are backward hell holes. Islam is not a religion of learning, invention and education. It is a religion of depravity and barbarity on a scale even Hitler and Stalin would not have dared to imagine. Educated my arse, whats educated about glorifying a prophet who rapes a 9 year old girl?.
Islam has no place in a modern civilised society, and we should not tolerate it in any form. The rest of the civilised world left the 7th century behind (around about the 8th) Islam however still embraces the teachings of this perverted paedophile death cult as being desirable in a modern world.
Islamophobia? bloody right! these people scare me half to death, as Nazis scared my father, Nazis scared him enough he went and fought the bastards.
Why dont we ever learn from history? The only thing Islam invented was Islam itself. That stands for death and perversion on a global scale, what a worthwhile thing to have invented!!.
Stop them now!!
"Chaucer? Shakespeare? Milton? Donne? Keats? Wordsworth? Browning? Hardy? Austen? Nah. Zadie Smith and Monica Ali."
I don't know about that Robert. I think most muslims would vociferously argue that you haven't truly enjoyed Shakespeare until you've read it in the original Arabic.
(with apologies to General Chang)
"Muslim contributions such algebra and the number zero will be emphasised to counter Islamophobia"
from the article above.
First of all, the zero came from Hindu India. The Muslims were mere transmitters. Records also show that the ancient Greeks seemed unsure about the status of zero as a number: they asked themselves "How can nothing be something?", leading to interesting philosophical and, by the Medieval period, religious arguments about the nature and existence of zero and the vacuum. The paradoxes of Zeno of Elea depend in large part on the uncertain interpretation of zero. By 130, Ptolemy, influenced by Hipparchus and the Babylonians, was using a symbol for zero (a small circle with a long overbar) within a sexagesimal numeral system otherwise using alphabetic Greek numerals.
Early use of something like zero by the Indian scholar Pingala (circa 5th-2nd century BC), implied at first glance by his use of binary numbers, is only the modern binary representation using 0 and 1 applied to Pingala's binary system. Zero was also an integral part of Maya numerals, and the ancient Maya had no contact with Muslims.
The oldest known text to use zero is the Jain text from India entitled the Lokavibhaaga, dated 458 AD, over 100 years before Muhammed. The rules governing the use of zero appeared for the first time in Brahmagupta's book Brahmasputha Siddhanta, written in 628, in India well before Islam left Arabia.
As for the Islamic transmission of algebra, so what?
It was Nazi scientists who developed rocket technology and the Soviets beat the west into space and were advanced in science. That doesn't make Nazism or Communism any less evil!
The free world defeated smallpox by innoculating people in contact with the infected. The tactic was to isolate the virus by innoculating the ring of people who would be surrounding an infected person.
This tactic of changing the British school cirriculum to propagandize for multiculturalism would be fine if all students responded equally -- in other words if all students became equally immune to jihadist leanings and other forms of supremicism and intolerance. The critical mistake I see in it is that it innoculates believers in muslim supremacy from the tolerance it tries to force. It is strengthening those who would spread the disease, not those who would resist it.
This thought control will accelerate the jihad in Britain.
The same story was written about in the Sunday Times by Rod Liddle and he writes rather tongue in cheek
"The paper, written by some superannuated educational panjandrum called Sir Keith Ajegbo, suggests, for example, that during maths lessons children should be told that Muslims invented nothing. By which I mean that they invented the concept of zero. So when a quadratic equation resolves to zero, the kids should be reminded that, in effect, Allah (PBUH) provided us with this wonderful conclusion".
Read it all.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2569654,00.html
Rod Liddle is pukkah and he is on the ball re islam, send him an e mail about the zero business though.
Regards
AI
Unfortunately, not that different than US schools today. Have you taken a look at middle primary and middle school textbooks lately – even in the hard sciences; the books are full of multicultural b.s.
cmon people, the sentence will read up more or less this way
"The muslims INVENTED ZERO"
and that's the truth
It's also noteworthy that the majority of the labor for any Arab mathematical concept or more accurately, refinement, was usually reserved for Assyrian converts who translated many of the Greek texts into a workable Arabic. They were the intellectual backbone of the so called "Golden age of islam." Until,of course,their resource was exhausted.
"You are living on a fantasy island."
Sure am. We are lucky enough to be able to easily control our rather wet borders. But we are also generally hard-nosed enough to have a pretty strict immigration policy, aimed at only letting in the people we want and need. Sounds like a plan...