A clip from the 47 minute documentary, "Faith School Menace?" presented by Professor Richard Dawkins for Channel 4 / More4 / 4oD
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SUMMARY
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A Muslim Science Teacher at Madini High School doesn't believe in Evolution & can't answer a simple question about it, even though she's supposed to be a science teacher. The pupils of Madini High School also deny that we evolved from the same common ancestor as chimpanzees or monkeys. This refutation is solely due to the fact that evolution conflicts with Islamic Ideology. A typical example of ignorance in Faith schools.
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OVERVIEW
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Richard Dawkins visits Madani High School, which is a Muslim Faith School in Leicester, England, to see how faith and education "mix". As a state school they teach National Curriculum science, but they also supplement this with religious lessons which are NOT subject to Ofsted inspection.
One of the pupils of Madani School says that the teachers do not enforce their teachings on any pupils, and allow each and every one of them to make their own deductions and formulate their own opinions on various subjects.
Dawkins questions nine of the pupils and asks them if they believe that we are cousins of Chimpanzees or Monkeys, they all disagree. He then asks the school's science teacher what she teaches the pupils about Evolution specifically. She says that she teaches evolution based on the curriculum, BUT she also supplements it with Islam's ideology. She makes a point of saying that the pupils are free to come to their own decisions, but then quickly contradicts herself by saying that every single one of them eventually comes to realize that we didn't evolve from the same common ancestor as monkeys... because we didn't. The so called science teacher then reveals that all SIXTY of the pupils she teaches do not believe in evolution, simply because it conflicts with Islam.
A pupil then asks Dawkins one of the most common questions about Evolution, but instead of answering he first redirects the question to the "Science" "Teacher" to see if she's capable of answering...
This excerpt from "Faith School Menace?" reveals the typical narrow minded, one sided and ignorant views of people who shackle themselves to religious ideology. It highlights the dangers of imposing religious beliefs on children. Clearly the teachings of Islam take precedence above all else at Madani High School, as it does in other faith schools, and anything that gets in the way is simply refuted in a sickeningly totalitarian disregard for the intricate knowledge & discoveries of science.
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