it was almost christmas and children in the infant school in London were encouraged to do something. activities ranged from helping the people through charity, performing something in the school, and other activities. our problem with the children is with their songs they sang everyday after they got back from school. they seemed to be trained to sing songs which were related to the celebration of christmas, which we did not really agree to. the problem was that the children had been trained to be good Muslims which meant that they had to follow the Muslim way. Here in London, we were stuck with the problem of our children being imposed a different way doing things for their religion. we were not radical in this case, but we thought that in a city like London which was very well-known for its tolerance, children should not be involved in the activities related to their faiths without their parents’ consent. if it was done, we thought it was an ‘imposition’ to our right to choose the religious activities. (unfinished)
clash or imposition of civilisation?
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