TIMES ONLINE: A head teacher who was accused of racism after she tried to scrap separate assemblies for Muslim children at her school has resigned.
Julia Robinson's departure follows an 18-month dispute over her attempt to hold a single weekly assembly for all pupils at Meersbrook Bank primary school, in Sheffield, regardless of their faith. Although the plan was backed by staff and many parents, some Muslim parents objected and accused Mrs Robinson of being racist.
Sheffield council refused to discuss why Mrs Robinson had resigned but a teacher at the school said that she had been under a lot of pressure, while a parent claimed that she had her hands tied and was forced out. The school's chairman of governors has also quit.
More than 20 per cent of the school's 240 pupils are Muslims. Parents from the local mosque said that the Islamic services started ten years ago after they withdraw their children from the daily service. One said that the split came after a teacher tried to force a Muslim pupil to sing a Christian hymn. >>> Andrew Norfolk, Alexandra Frean | Tuesday, February 10, 2009
TELEGRAPH BLOGS: Another Muslim Ghetto Takes Shape as Head Teacher Is 'Forced Out' for Opposing Islamic Assemblies
The resignation of a Sheffield head teacher after she tried to scrap all-Muslim assemblies is a sign of things to come. I find it far, far more worrying than the "secularism" that Christians are always complaining about.
Julia Robinson, head teacher of Meersbrook Primary School, wanted to end the divisive Islamic assembles for Muslim pupils, who make up about a quarter of her 240 pupils. Staff and many parents backed her; Muslim parents accused her of being - you've guessed it - "racist".
Those Christians who think that it's better to have separate Christian and Muslim assemblies rather than the "inclusive" services Mrs Robinson planned are missing the point. They think "faith" is good, irrespective of what faith it is. Myopic idiots.
Admittedly, I wouldn't be surprised if the "inclusive" services were annoyingly PC, like 99 per cent of all school assemblies in Britain. And I don't know what went on in the weekly Islamic assemblies led by a [sic] parents at Meersbrook School. But I do know this: Muslim ghettos are being constructed across the North of England, and among their building blocks are school-sanctioned meetings for children from ethnic minorities designed to turn them into strictly observant Muslims – whether they like it or not.
The Muslim indoctrination of primary school children is designed to produce young adults who reject and despise the tolerant, liberal society in which they live. No wonder staff and most parents backed Julia Robinson; we should, too. Comment here >>> Damian Thompson, Holy Smoke | Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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