Islamic Teachings

But seriously.... Here is a report from The Independent newspaper in England which is concerning.

Pupils at six Muslim independent schools could be “vulnerable to extremist influences and radicalisation”, Chief Schools Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has warned.

In a letter to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, the head of Ofsted said he believed “pupils’ physical and educational welfare is at serious risk”.

Ms Morgan contacted the schools in Tower Hamlets, London, and warned them they would be closed if they failed to draw up action plans to deal with inspectors’ complaints “within weeks”.

All six schools failed their inspections along with the state Sir John Cass Red Coat Church of England School, in Stepney, which The Independent revealed earlier this week would be criticised for failing to safeguard pupils from Islamic extremism.
Sir John Cass has previously been declared “outstanding”. The school and local authority were also told to draw up an action plan and face an inspection visit within six weeks.
Sir Michael Wilshaw believes “pupils’ physical and educational welfare is at serious risk” (PA)

I have two concerns here.  The first is that some independent schools operating in England at present may be [probably are] too open to Islamic extremism.    The second is that a State CHURCH School is also at risk.

It then goes on to say:

The reports revealed a range of failings – including pupils at one school being unable to distinguish whether it was more important to follow Sharia or British law. At another, girls were kept waiting for their lessons to resume every day while the boys and their male teachers went to visit a local mosque. ... Other key issues identified included history and geography only being taught through the history of Islam, one school where all the library books were in Arabic, and a teacher ignoring a student expressing extremist views in school work.
Sir Michael said: “All schools focused intensively on developing Islamic knowledge and understanding at the expense of other important areas of the curriculum.

Now compare that with the current activity of a certain Islamic group active in Syria and Iraq at present.  This report from Richard Spencer at the Telegraph

National history, literature, art, music and evolution have all been banned from the school curriculum in Mosul, the largest city under the control of the militants of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, according to a new decree.

A document drawn up by the Isil education department, headed by a 30-year-old religious scholar, has instructed teachers to return to schools for the new academic year but demanded they teach a "Sharia" curriculum.

Any topic relating to non-Sunni Islam religious teaching, including Christianity and Shiism is banned, and Christian schools have been renamed.

Because all forms of nationalism are regarded as infidel as the Caliphate is supposed to be a border-free empire of the Muslim world, anything that relates to Iraq's long history, culture or literature, including patriotic poetry, is expressly ruled out. Non-religious songs are deemed blasphemous.

Science is permitted, so long as it does not conflict with a literalist interpretation of religious teachings, like the Darwinian theory of evolution. In fact, with chemistry and engineering particularly sought-after skills in the Caliphate, "useful science to fulfil the needs of the ministries" is urged on schools, along with religious instruction.

I wonder why Chemistry and Engineering are sought after skills? (Rhetorical question)

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Oh, and by the way.  I see a sizable congingent of Muslim Imams were in Port Vila recently.  They were probably here giving spiriual guideance to their small Mosques in Mele and Tanna (the two groups that I know of, but there maybe more).  http://vanuatudaily.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/a-new-muslim-in-the-pacific-islam-in-vanuatu/

Tread very carefully my Ni-Vanuatu friends.