Muslim parents protest against gay equality lessons

I would imagine Islamic law which dictates how the school is run.

Lol this just shows what you think of us and our culture, and then you complain when we don’t respect your culture. Muslims don’t all live in ‘mud huts’ and plenty of that actually has to do with what your ancestors did back during the British/French empires.

Our ancestors could only do that because they had better technology.Science and technology> faith and superstition.Every single time.You haven't learnt a thing either because most Muslim countries still have blasphemy laws.Its beliefs that are holding you back nothing to do with colonialism.

I personally don't think there's absolutely ANYTHING wrong with having taught about LGBT rights at school because at the end of the day they are HUMAN RIGHTS! And everyone should be made aware of them whether they're religious or not.
I am a Muslim teenager myself who am also at a point in life where I am having difficulty with my sexuality...
And like someone mentioned earlier it's comments such as "you cannot be Muslim and gay" that make it difficult for people like myself.
I understand other religions such as some orthodox Catholic parents may also not want their children been taught about LGBT rights but, if schools can teach RE they surely should be able to teach students about human rights. I feel some orthodox parents may feel that by teaching LGBT rights in school it will somehow "turn" their children into something other than straight. Which I know is ridiculous but these are some of the thoughts of parents who are quite traditional.

Yes, Islam encourages teaching the values of kindness and honesty but the teaching of LGBT rights in my opinion should not be ignored because they are equally as important.

As by being taught about acceptance from an earlier age, it will allow young individuals to grow up to become more open minded people and it can help to maybe even reduce the number of people being homophobic/islamophohic in the future

At the end of the day we are all humans, and if we do disagree with someone's else's behaviour we are no-one to judge, let God deal with it in the hereafter.
I believe there's only one type of race and that is the human race!

Very well said.

You should read up on the Golden Age of Islam, it is a fascinating period of history.

That was also like 1000 years ago.You can't really brag about something which happened 1000 years ago.If you haven't made any progress in 1000 years that doesn't really say much does it?

Tolerance - the idea of being intolerent towards intolerence.

What an oxymoron this word is.

No, but really this tolerance thing is basically code for accepting and not challenging the principles of leftists in society. It is nothing more than this. Tolerance does not include tolerance of ideas that contradict the principles of leftism. No, society does not tolerate such things.

People should be allowed to choose what their children are taught at schools. People should be allowed to criticise any practice they deem unacceptable. If you are not going to tolerate their beleifs then what right do you have to ask them to tolerate yours?

People should be allowed to choose what their children are taught at schools.

What they can't do is dictate what state institutes teach.

I don't think they are dictating anything. I beleive they are expressing their views and wanting to make change through protest, which is their democractic right. The problem so far as dictation is concerened solely restricted to those who willing to tolerate their protest.

They can protest all they like, but it isn't going to get an Ofsted approved equality programme removed from the school because they are homophobic.

That's very dismissive and intolerant. You need to become more tolerant.

That's very dismissive and intolerant. You need to become more tolerant of other people's life choices.

That's very dismissive and intolerant. You need to become more tolerant of other people's life choices.