The plan is outlined in the Learning From One Another: Bringing Muslim Perspectives into Australian Schools booklet, published during the week by the Australian Curriculum Studies Association and the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies.
There is a “degree of prejudice and ignorance about Islam and Muslims”, and Australian students must be taught to embrace difference and diversity. Most texts used in Australian English classrooms still have a Western or
European perspective. Incorporating Islamic content and Muslim perspectives into the English
curriculum will benefit not only Muslim but non-Muslim students.
Display and read the poem Allah, which means ‘God’ in Arabic, with your students.
Students should learn about the contributions of Muslim scientists just as they learn about
the contributions of the ancient scientists and philosophers of Europe.
Teachers may like to explore the relationship between science and religion in the Muslim world.
Highlighting the achievements of specific Muslim mathematicians within the maths
And the list goes on and on.
Considering that Muslims are only about 1-1.5% of the population of Australia, why are we contemplating bringing a different religion into our schools, and incorporating that religion into every subject? There is no mention of Bali, The Twin Towers (9/11), or any other Country that Australian’s have died, or been maimed for life, or hurt. Why not? These also are now documented in History.
EVERY Australian school student would be taught positive aspects about Islam and Muslims – and that Australia is a racist country – under a proposal by an education think tank.
The plan is outlined in the Learning From One Another: Bringing Muslim Perspectives into Australian Schools booklet. It says there is a “degree of prejudice and ignorance about Islam and Muslims”, and Australian students must be taught to embrace difference and diversity.
The booklet refers to the al-Qai’da of Osama bin Laden as “a famous name” synonymous with the traditionalist movement in Islam. It makes no reference to terrorism.
Its authors are offering free seminars to teachers, which promise to “provide avenues for you to introduce Islam- and Muslim-related content in your classrooms” and “equip you with the skills to meet the needs and expectations of Muslim students in a multi-faith classroom”.
“Ignored is what some see as the inherently violent nature of the Koran, where devout Muslims are called on to carry out jihad and to convert non-believers, and the destructive nature of what is termed dhimmis – where non-believers are forced to renounce their religion, are discriminated against and forced to accept punitive taxation laws.
“Given that Australia’s schools, on the whole, are secular in nature and the argument that classrooms should not be used to teach a particular faith, it’s understandable why introducing religion into school subjects for many would be unacceptable,” Dr Donnelly said.
Why are we even considering this for our new National curriculum? Is this what Parents and Grandparents want their children, grandchildren to learn at school? Why not Buddhism, or Hindu, or all of the other religions. This is beyond ridiculous.