XMAS NATIVITY PLAY IS MOVED TO PLEASE MUSLIMS the AA grumpy column

[pantoandy]

hello again grumps here and im back fresh from horsing around in my last column
( we,ve done that joke already grumpy dont upset the R.S.P.C.A. > editors voice)
so heres tonights offering from the grumpy table of festivity

A SCHOOL has moved its nativity play to January to make way for Muslim Eid celebrations.

At first, parents thought the Christmas show had been scrapped altogether and complained to the head and governors.

Then they were told the play would be staged but not until the New Year.

With 363 pupils speaking 21 different languages, Greenwood Juniors in Sneinton, Nottingham, has a high intake of ethnic minority children.

Mum Janette Lynch, whose seven-year-old son Keanu attends the school, said: “It is the first year my son has been there and a lot of the mums like me were really looking forward to seeing the children in the nativity.

“I think it’s wrong it has been moved to after Christmas.’’

A first letter, sent from the “staff at Greenwood Junior School’’, said Christmas performances had been cancelled because they clashed with Eid celebrations.

It added that as many pupils wanted to celebrate the Muslim event with their families at home it made it “difficult to move performance dates’’.

A second letter sent by head teacher Amber Latif and chair of governors Yvonne Wright, said: “The Christmas performance has not been cancelled outright but has been postponed until the New Year.’’

Eid ul-Adha, or greater Eid, lasts for two or three days from the beginning of next week.

Sajad Hussain, 35, who has two children at the school, said: “My children will be off for the two days next week. It’s not that complicated. They could have one event on one day and another on another day. They should have both celebrations at the school.

“If you do not have both it becomes a racist thing and that’s why you have to be careful – if an issue is made out of it, it could become nasty.’’

A statement from staff said: “We represent a wide variety of faiths and due respect is given to each one appropriately.

“The next two weeks are brimming with festivities for both Eid and Christmas that the children are really looking forward to.’’

AAG
this is outrageous and another example of labour political correctness.
the school have said and i quote“If you do not have both it becomes a racist thing and that’s why you have to be careful – if an issue is made out of it, it could become nasty.
so who,s being racist the school is this is favouring one ethnic group over another.
this is appeasing the muslim community over our own xmas celebrations which is wrong.
both could be staged but the craven staff at greenwood junior school bow to their politcally correct masters and nottinghamshire county council.
imagine the uproar if xmas was favoured over Eid .
british christian parents should keep their children off school during the Eid celebrations in protest or boycott the play.
even the spine less labour loving daily star where this story originated have switched off their your shout feature where you can comment on a story for fear of the comments they will get.
AAG

[oscar]

Originally Posted by pantoandy

hello again grumps here and im back fresh from horsing around in my last column
( we,ve done that joke already grumpy dont upset the R.S.P.C.A. > editors voice)
so heres tonights offering from the grumpy table of festivity

A SCHOOL has moved its nativity play to January to make way for Muslim Eid celebrations.

At first, parents thought the Christmas show had been scrapped altogether and complained to the head and governors.

Then they were told the play would be staged but not until the New Year.

With 363 pupils speaking 21 different languages, Greenwood Juniors in Sneinton, Nottingham, has a high intake of ethnic minority children.

Mum Janette Lynch, whose seven-year-old son Keanu attends the school, said: “It is the first year my son has been there and a lot of the mums like me were really looking forward to seeing the children in the nativity.

“I think it’s wrong it has been moved to after Christmas.’’

A first letter, sent from the “staff at Greenwood Junior School’’, said Christmas performances had been cancelled because they clashed with Eid celebrations.

It added that as many pupils wanted to celebrate the Muslim event with their families at home it made it “difficult to move performance dates’’.

A second letter sent by head teacher Amber Latif and chair of governors Yvonne Wright, said: “The Christmas performance has not been cancelled outright but has been postponed until the New Year.’’

Eid ul-Adha, or greater Eid, lasts for two or three days from the beginning of next week.

Sajad Hussain, 35, who has two children at the school, said: “My children will be off for the two days next week. It’s not that complicated. They could have one event on one day and another on another day. They should have both celebrations at the school.

“If you do not have both it becomes a racist thing and that’s why you have to be careful – if an issue is made out of it, it could become nasty.’’

A statement from staff said: “We represent a wide variety of faiths and due respect is given to each one appropriately.

“The next two weeks are brimming with festivities for both Eid and Christmas that the children are really looking forward to.’’

AAG
this is outrageous and another example of labour political correctness.
the school have said and i quote“If you do not have both it becomes a racist thing and that’s why you have to be careful – if an issue is made out of it, it could become nasty.
so who,s being racist the school is this is favouring one ethnic group over another.
this is appeasing the muslim community over our own xmas celebrations which is wrong.
both could be staged but the craven staff at greenwood junior school bow to their politcally correct masters and nottinghamshire county council.
imagine the uproar if xmas was favoured over Eid .
british christian parents should keep their children off school during the Eid celebrations in protest or boycott the play.
even the spine less labour loving daily star where this story originated have switched off their your shout feature where you can comment on a story for fear of the comments they will get.
AAG

The trouble with our p.c. country, is that it is the likes of these people who instill most of the muslim 'offence'.
I have many muslim friends and neighbours from Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, India etc etc.
The truth is, they don't give a rats behind what we do in our nativity scenes or anything else.
It is the p.c. brigade that uses the alleged 'muslim offence' to justify their ridiculous system.
Ask yourself this........... If you re-located to live and work in say India... Would you take offence at any of their religeous ceromony's.?? No, you wouldn't.

The sooner Gordon brown gets rid of this bunch of loonie's in our country, the better. it is NOT the muslims who object to anything that goes on in British religeous ceromonie's.

The p.c. Brigade are directly responsible for instilling hostility between muslim and British culture.

[abbey]

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[oscar]

Originally Posted by abbey

for the last time, could you please post a link to the article you lifted so that the person who wrote it may be accredited?
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ditto

[abbey]

Originally Posted by oscar

ditto

Of course he will just ignore my request as usual.

[Chezzie]

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[oscar]

Originally Posted by abbey

Of course he will just ignore my request as usual.

Ditto to that too Abbs.

If he checks in, can you get him to answer my question on the thread he posted on Shannon Matthews?? Ta very much

[pantoandy]

Originally Posted by abbey

For the last time, could you please post a link to the article you lifted so that the person who wrote it may be accredited?
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Please

SORRY ABBS FORGOT!!!!!!!

[pantoandy]

Originally Posted by oscar

The trouble with our p.c. country, is that it is the likes of these people who instill most of the muslim 'offence'.
I have many muslim friends and neighbours from Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, India etc etc.
The truth is, they don't give a rats behind what we do in our nativity scenes or anything else.
It is the p.c. brigade that uses the alleged 'muslim offence' to justify their ridiculous system.
Ask yourself this........... If you re-located to live and work in say India... Would you take offence at any of their religeous ceromony's.?? No, you wouldn't.

The sooner Gordon brown gets rid of this bunch of loonie's in our country, the better. it is NOT the muslims who object to anything that goes on in British religeous ceromonie's.

The p.c. Brigade are directly responsible for instilling hostility between muslim and British culture.

i may have gone OTT with this one but this was not aimed at muslims but the P.C brigade and the craven cowards at greenwood school who bow to this political correctness if parents kept their children off during Eid or boycotted the play in protest then the school and the education dept would sit up and take notice of this and action would be taken to stop this happening again even to the point of repremanding the head for this .

[Ted]

It seems to me to be a mite ridiculous. If the Muslims have no problem with running both then why not proceed. They could rotate it on a yearly basis; one year Christmas first and the following year Eid first That certainly does not take a lot of brains just a little common sense.

When I was a principal we were told we could not call it a Christmas Concert. We were told to call it something like a Winter Concert. In my school we continued to call it what it was, a Christmas Concert. If we keep this up we will have dumbed down to mediocrity.

I never heard anyone complain about the "Christmas Concert".

Shalom
Ted