Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims

Trajan Octavian Titus · 04-02-07, 04:58 PM

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Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims

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Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked study has revealed.
It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.

Teachers drop the Holocaust to avoid offending Muslims | the Daily Mail

Oh Londoninstan what will you do next?

WI Crippler · 04-02-07, 05:02 PM

What did the Muslims have to do with the Holocaust?? I don't know why they would be offended that Jews were slaughtered during WWII

Trajan Octavian Titus · 04-02-07, 05:04 PM

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What did the Muslims have to do with the Holocaust?? I don't know why they would be offended that Jews were slaughtered during WWII

Holocaust denial is huge in the ME, either they don't believe it happened or they want another one.

WI Crippler · 04-02-07, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Trajan Octavian Titus

Holocaust denial is huge in the ME, either they don't believe it happened or they want another one.

I didn't know it was rampant. I know that knob-job in Iran believes it didn't happen, but I wasn't aware that it was a widely held belief. I guess it must be if it warrants not teaching, due to the possibility of offending them.

I just thought that was weird. To me it was like saying a Buddhist would be offended by our treatment of native Americans, and we shouldn't teach that in our history.

Don't the Muslims understand that it was the holocaust that led to the establishment of Israel( by the UN no less), and that if there is anyone to blame for an Israeli state being created, it would be Germany????

Ikari · 04-02-07, 05:14 PM

I guess the best part of this is that it seems to be, as of now, isolated to some teachers and not the whole. Though the entire thing is rather ridiculous. You can't remake the past, it is as it is. The only thing you can hope to do is learn from it, and you can't do that by ignoring it.

dclxvinoise · 04-02-07, 05:18 PM

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I guess the best part of this is that it seems to be, as of now, isolated to some teachers and not the whole. Though the entire thing is rather ridiculous. You can't remake the past, it is as it is. The only thing you can hope to do is learn from it, and you can't do that by ignoring it.

In many Muslim cultures, I'm sure this is a widely held belief and people just believe it without question. The unfortunate thing is that people are easily led to believe something if they hear it enough times. People don't question things enough or do the research on their own as it is far easier to just believe it. It's kind of a human characteristic to automatically want to take the easy way out.

Ikari · 04-02-07, 05:21 PM

Yeah, I suppose that is true. The proof of the Holocaust is immense, there is no question that it happened. There are records, and pictures, and all sorts of documentation. It was a horrible example of humanity's dark side and something we shouldn't shove under the carpet because some people may be offended. Perchance they should be offended because their prejudice isn't founded in anything real other than reinforcements through the state to try to make people think a particular way. Perchance the offense they innately feel is merely their conscious telling them that believing the Holocaust didn't happen is wrong.

Kandahar · 04-02-07, 05:21 PM

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Holocaust denial is huge in the ME, either they don't believe it happened or they want another one.

Or in many cases, both at the same time. This kind of Orwellian doublethink is rampant throughout the region. They believe that the Holocaust didn't happen, yet Hitler was a great man for causing the Holocaust. The fact that it doesn't make sense doesn't matter to them.

Ikari · 04-02-07, 05:22 PM

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Or in many cases, both at the same time. This kind of Orwellian doublethink is rampant throughout the region. They believe that the Holocaust didn't happen, yet Hitler was a great man for causing the Holocaust. The fact that it doesn't make sense doesn't matter to them.

I think it's just another example of the sorts of tyranny and brainwashing a theocracy is capable of.

dclxvinoise · 04-02-07, 05:23 PM

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Yeah, I suppose that is true. The proof of the Holocaust is immense, there is no question that it happened. There are records, and pictures, and all sorts of documentation. It was a horrible example of humanity's dark side and something we shouldn't shove under the carpet because some people may be offended. Perchance they should be offended because their prejudice isn't founded in anything real other than reinforcements through the state to try to make people think a particular way. Perchance the offense they innately feel is merely their conscious telling them that believing the Holocaust didn't happen is wrong.

Well, for people to not believe something like the Holocaust is completely foolish. It is based on pure ignorance. There is really no excuse for these teachers to cater to ignorance as if it is a valid choice.