Nativities
Interesting piece here about the demise of the traditional nativity play in primary schools. What I find most interesting about the article is that the person advocating moving into a less traditional way of presenting the Christmas story (Ralph the Reindeer, Whoops-a-Daisy Angel and the Snowman at Sunset) is "Practising Christian" Niki Davies.
Chairman of the Muslim Forum however said:
Muslim thinker Manzoor Moghal accuses secularists of teaming up with practitioners of what he termed "political correctness" for the decline of the Nativity play.
"I can assure you Muslims do not take offence at Nativity plays," says Mr Moghal, chairman of the Leicester-based Muslim Forum.
"Britain is a Christian country and the majority of people are Christians. We enjoy your festivities and we like to learn about them.
"This is a mistaken, misguided and misrepresentative policy: we should celebrate the freedom to celebrate our faith."
Labels: Christianity, Christmas, faiths, nativity plays
1 Comments:
it's interesting how we assume people to be less tolerant and more easily offended than they actually are!
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