Teachers Drop Holocaust Out of Fear of Muslim Students

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated that the Nazi Holocaust is "a myth", and the Holocaust atrocities could eventually become a myth in the UK if the UK Department of Education doesn't quell its teachers' fear of Muslim rage. In a new report, UK Department of Education teachers say that they are reluctant to teach about the killing of approximately six million European Jews during World War II because they fear upsetting Muslim students. The Daily Mail reports--

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

The study looked into 'emotive and controversial' history teaching in primary and secondary schools. It found some teachers are dropping courses covering the Holocaust at the earliest opportunity over fears Muslim pupils might express anti-Semitic and anti-Israel reactions in class. The researchers gave the example of a secondary school in an unnamed northern city, which dropped the Holocaust as a subject for GCSE coursework. The report said teachers feared confronting 'anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'.

UK Department of Education teachers also report that they are increasingly reluctant to and fearful about teaching the 11th century Crusades--where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem. They cite that history lessons about the Crusades often contradict what is taught to their Muslim students in the local mosques.

UK teachers who are reluctant to teach history lessons on the Holocaust and the Crusades for fear of the Muslim response today may be even more reluctant to do so in the face of the growing Muslim population. From the Turkish Policy Quarterly--