Class trip
Where do your kids go for their class trips? In Israel, they usually don't go far away and until 6th grade or thereabouts, they don't stay away overnight. In the US, some of my friends' kids may get a trip to Washington or something similar during the late stages of High School.But in Islamist Turkey, they're taking elementary school kids on class trips to Mecca and Medina (but not Jerusalem, which Islam also claims to consider holy since the Jews reclaimed it).
Turkey's Directorate of Religious affairs has organized an Umrah visit to Mecca for elementary and high school students during semester break.Indeed it is. What could go wrong?
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The visit is planned as 10-day trip with five days in Mecca and five days in Medina. The letters says the expedition aims at "improving the knowledge and experience of students.” It was also give the students the chance “to visit places of significance in Islamic history.”
The Directorate requested the immediate announcement of the tour and asked for a list of students, parents and teachers who wish to take part in the trip.
The Çaycuma office of the Educators' Union reacted to the Umrah program, saying it was an extension of the state's policy of incorporating religion into education.
Union representative İsmet Akyol said it was unacceptable the way the Religious Directorate perceived schools as their branch offices. He said the program was against a scientific and secular education.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:47 AM
2 Comments:
What business are Turkish school children and where they go for their religious trips, of yours?
We could all learn to mind our own business. Why don't you show us how it's done, Chayma?
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