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Old 07-06-08, 08:21 AM
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Report: Schoolboys Get Detention for Refusing to Pray to Allah

Report: Schoolboys Get Detention for Refusing to Pray to Allah
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Fox News

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Two boys were punished this week for refusing to kneel on prayer mats and worship Allah during a class demonstration on Islam, the Daily Mail reported.

Irate parents said a religious education teacher at the Alsager High School in England told students to wear Muslim headgear during a lesson on Tuesday.

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According to a statement from the Cheshire County Council on behalf of the school: "Educating children in the beliefs of different faith is part of the diversity curriculum on the basis that knowledge is essential to understanding."
Full story here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376746,00.html
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