AUSTRIA: CATHOLIC CHILDREN FORCED TO LEARN ISLAMIC SONGS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PUNISHED IF THEY REFUSED
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/06/austria-catholic-children-forced-to-learn-islamic-songs-at-elementary-school-punished-if-they-refused; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
“At an elementary school in Linz, Catholic children have to memorize and recite Islamic songs as part of the Islamic Ramadan festival. They were forced to take part and were punished if they refused.”
Do you think the Muslim children are forced to learn Christian hymns? Somehow I doubt it.
“Catholic children forced to learn Islamic songs at Austrian elementary school,” Voice of Europe, June 20, 2018:
At an elementary school in Linz, Catholic children have to memorise and recite Islamic songs as part of the Islamic Ramadan festival. They were forced to take part and were punished if they refused.“We were on our way home when he suddenly started to sing ‘Allah, Allah’,” a shocked mother of one of the students says. He learned that at school and had to sing it. “It felt like a slap in my face!” she adds.“Mom, we have to get involved. The teacher said: “If we do not do that, we’ll have to go to the director and then there’ll be a punishment,” the son reported in fear of his mother’s reprisals. For two months he had to rehearse the songs.As the mother points out, she has no problem whatsoever with other students living out their religions. “I was only shocked that all the children had to join in,” she says, emotionally.The mother adds she has nothing against the Muslim festival, but every pupil should have a chance to opt out.But the situation at the school was clearly different. The Islamic religious teacher came to the children in the class and ordered the students to learn the appropriate Ramadan songs, because the whole class must celebrate this festival….
