Danish politicians want Charlie Hebdo taught in schools

So, while we are at it, how about Danish schools become fair & balanced, & also teach about holocaust (not just the "official" version as dictated by the Israeli organizations), Spanish Inquisition, Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands, & there are so many other topics (slavery & looting of African resources by Europeans, killings & gross violation of Natives' human rights by Europeans, brutal invasion & occupation of Americas & Australasia by Europeans etc.)

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“The cartoon crisis, the Charlie Hebdo killings & the latest terrorist attack in Copenhagen on February 14 are such an important part of history they should have a permanent place on the school curriculum,” Conservative People’s Party spokeswoman Mai Mercado wrote in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper.

 

Another opposition party, the Danish People’s Party (DF), which has 19.6% of voter support, according to a recent poll, also supported the idea of ‘Mohammed cartoons lessons.’ Party members say that studying the Charlie Hebdo related crisis & its aftermath should be mandatory in all the country’s schools.

“If you live in Denmark you should also be able to tolerate seeing the drawings,” party spokesman Alex Ahrendtsen told the daily Berlingske daily newspaper.

 

While the Conservatives want the cartoons to be taught in history class, the Danish People’s Party say it should be done in religious studies.

 

"One of our time's great challenges is the threat from Islamism & the pressure on freedom rights that have built up over many years,” said Martin Henriksen, the DF immigration spokesperson.

 

John Rydahl, president of the Danish Association, thinks the cartoons should be reprinted in students’ textbooks.

 

"The Muhammad crisis is an obvious topic for R.E. [religious education] teaching, & I'm surprised that so far no textbook has reprinted the cartoons. That should happen - & sooner rather than later," Rydahl told DR News.

 

However, Dennis Hornhave Jacobsen, president of the Danish Association of History & Social Studies Teachers, says a Mohammed cartoons class is a bad idea as “it could end any real discussion about the nature of freedom of expression, because there are children in schools who believe the Muhammad cartoons are objectionable & the discussion will stop there.”

 

Reportedly, many Danish schools already teach the Mohammed crisis in grade 9, but it’s not compulsory.

 

http://rt.com/news/238621-denmark-mohammed-cartoons-schools/