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[quote]Salaam
 
I am concerned with the education of Muslim schildren in British schoolings who have been mis-educated and de-educated for the last 50 years. Muslim community with Masajid and school are not going to harm English culture and language. I would like to see Muslim children learning standard English to follow the National Curriculum and go for higher studies and research to serve humanity. The problem is that they learn English in the streets and in the playgrounds. British schooling does not teach English to migrant children. The teachers let them speak the same accent in the classroom. They have no courage to stop them or correct them. This is one of the main reasons why one third of children have difficulties with reading when they leave primary schools. Majority of such children are bilingual Muslims. They often speak &quot;street&quot; with its own grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. In
other European countries and in the sub-continent argot and slang are not
allowed into the classrooms. In Britain primary school teachers do not feel
that it's role to interfere with self-expression in any shape or form. They
encourage children to read poems and stories written in ethnic dialects.
 
At the same time I would like to see them learning Arabic, Urdu and other
community languages to keep in touch with their cultural roots and enjoy the beauty of their literature and poetry.
 
The second generation of Muslim migrants is facing a huge challenge because they did not think even for a second before that someone would say, 'You are not welcome. Native Brits feel that their culture and language is superior and every Tom and Harry must learn English and forget their own languages, cultures, literatures and poetry.
 
Muslim youths are angry, frustrated and extremists because they have been mis-educated and de-educated by the state schools with monolingual non-Muslim teachers. They find themselves cut off from their cultural roots. They do not know where they belong. They are unable to enjoy the beauty of their literature and poetry. Pakistani youths suffer more than other Muslim youths. Majority of them leave schools with low grades. Majority of them are in prison.
 
British schooling is the home of institutional racism and British teachers
are chicken racist. Muslim children have been vicitm of Paki-bashing for the last 50 years by the majority of native children. Now those schools where Muslim children are in majority, they are doing the same what the native children have been doing in the past.
 
The solution is that such schools where Muslim children are in majority may be opted out as Muslim Academies. There is no place for a non-Muslim child or a teacher in a Muslim school. Bilingual Muslim children need bilingual Muslim teachers as role models during their developmental periods.
 
Muslim schools promote tolerance and harmony between different cultural and religious traditions. They develop self-confidence and self-esteem in Muslim children because they educate them according to their needs and demands. According to school's minister, fiath schools have more diverse intakes than other schools and are more successful than non-faith schools at promoting community cohesion.
 
A Muslim is a citizen of this tiny global village, he/she does not want to become notoriously Brit
 
Speaking English does not promote integration into British, American and Australian societies, and broaden opportunities. English speaking Muslim youths are angry, frustrated and extremist, thanks to state schools with monolingual non-Muslim teachers and English language. English language is not only a lingua franca but also lingua frankensteinia. Human right are also covers linguistic right. Cultural and linguistic genocide are very common. British schooling is murdering community languages like Arabic, Urdu and others. English is today the world killer language. Linguistic genocide is a crime against humanity and British schooling is guilty of committing this crime. Language is not just a language. It defines one's culture, identity and consciousness. It defines how we think, communicate and express ourselves. The fact is the most South Asian Muslims have come to know Islam by way of Urdu, the children's alienation from the language that connects them the heritage of their parents and grand parents is disturbing. As a matter of fact, one has to get to know his mother tongue well if one is to master any other language
Iftikhar Ahmad
http://www.londonschoolofislamics.org.uk[/quote]

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