Richard Dawkins: Muslim parents 'import creationism' into schools
06 08 08 - 12:20 Prof Dawkins, a well-known atheist, also blamed the Government for accommodating religious views and allowing creationism to be taught in schools."Most devout Muslims are creationists so when you go to schools, there are a large number of children of Islamic parents who trot out what they have been taught," Prof Dawkins said in a Sunday newspaper interview.
"Teachers are bending over backwards to respect home prejudices that children have been brought up with. The Government could do more, but it doesn't want to because it is fanatical about multiculturalism and the need to respect the different traditions from which these children come."
"It seems as though teachers are terribly frightened of being thought racist. It's almost impossible to say anything against Islam in this country, because [if you do] you are accused of being racist or Islamophobic."
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Islam is a religion suited to the general population of the middle east. Here in Europe we are less inclined to religious fanatasism, and value science and truth. We don't want to be "made to believe" because we want to value reaching a judgement based upon the evidence. These cultures should not be mixing. Science itself is in jeopardy.
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