We will educate you to like Islam!
Education campaign to tackle perceptions of Muslim women
SCHOOLS, employers and government agencies will be targeted in a “mainstream” education campaign to tackle misconceptions about Adelaide’s Muslim community.
The campaign will be run by a new government taskforce established in response to reported abuse of Muslim women and renewed controversy over calls in Europe to ban the burqa – a head-to-toe religious garment worn by some Muslim women.
South Australian Lieutenant Governor and Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission chairman Hieu Van Le will head the taskforce, first revealed in The Advertiser on Saturday.
He will be joined by police, academic experts, representatives from government departments including education and equal opportunity, and media advisers.
Vietnamese-born Mr Le said the top priority was combating “ignorance” through education.
He said the taskforce would have to be creative, strategic and sensitive if it were to have an impact.
However, he conceded there were “some hardcore racists” who would be difficult to reach.
“It will take some time,” he said.
Taskforce initiatives could include:
A MUSLIM police liaison officer.
INSTALLING “ambassadors” in other government departments with specific knowledge of the Muslim community.
ADDITIONS to school curriculums covering “what they (Muslims) believe in and what they practice”.
USING union and community networks to educate Muslim people, particularly women, about their rights.
COURSES to raise awareness among public servants and employers.
In January this year, SA Police installed the state’s first police Sudanese community liaison officer.
This was modelled on existing police Aboriginal liaison officers.
The move creates a precedent for a Muslim liaison officer.
For help or further information, contact the Muslim Women’s Association on 8212Â 0800.
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500 Australian teachers to be indoctrinated with politically correct  Islam propaganda
Andrew Bolt
BEYOND BELIEF article in The Age Insight Saturday May 15 section page 10 has an interview with Singaporean Islamist Eeqbal Hassam, who has worked with Jennet Cole-Adams, director of curriculum services at the Australian Curriculum Services, to publish a book to be used in Australian primary and states schools, titled ‘Learning from one another: Bringing Muslim Perspectives into Schools‘. No really.
The Age and I quote: “..this month he and Cole-Adams begin a series of national workshops to educate non-Muslim primary and secondary teachers about the challenges of reaching and teaching Muslim students.”
[Here’s the kicker:] “The one-day funded by the National Centre for Excellence for Islamic Studies through a grant from the Myer Foundation, will be held in every state and the ACT and will involve about 500 teachers.
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