'Write letter to family about converting to Islam': homowork in UK

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  1. Baff

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    Just off first place in the UK's most popular newspaper stakes. That's why.

    The Guardian, leftwing drivel garbage and all, has 10% the readership, sinking fast.
     
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    I'm not british, and why not ? As long you prove me it's wrong. I don't trust most newspapers anyway.
     
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    Most of Wikipedia writers aren't British, but they recognise that it isn't credible source. If you want to derive strong argument, stay clear of its misinformation!
     
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    VotreAltesse Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I considered that information as "weak", the base is a tweet, so it's kinda weak. However, I searched for more informations and I didn't find any reason it would be false. If it were true, what would you think of that ?

    Edith : orthography
     
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    I can only help you try and craft credible comment. No skin off my nose if you prefer otherwise
     
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    It's about trying to get a child to take an opposing viewpoint, imagine themselves in anothers' shoes. Some Americans have difficulty with the concept.
     
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    Interesting comment, since when is one's faith a question of opposing views when the context is school children learning about inclusion. As a 7-9 year old child whose understanding of the complexities of religion is probably pretty limited (which is true for most in the UK whether kids or adults) how can you possibly ask a child to coherently construct an opposing view based on the limitation of the national curriculum?
    I understand where you're coming from if one were in higher education and concentrating on a philosphical/theological curriculum, however, these kids do maybe 2 hours a week taught by teachers who's grasp of religion is probably pretty limited as well?
    By asking a child of limited understanding to question a religion for which they have a limited understanding to convert to another religion of which they have a limited understanding means that they have to find fault in something they don't understand and adhere to something which they don't understand - the whole thing is just pointless.....
     
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    I suggest you make allowances for the obvious fact that English is not his first language? He writes good stuff, and it's what he writes, not how he writes it?
     
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    If I do mistakes, don't hesitate to correct me. It's otherwise not really helpfull if you don't point my mistakes.
     
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    Third language indeed. However, I'm today better in english than german but I learned english mostly by myself.
     
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    Then you've done very well...tip of the hat to you!
     
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    What is an atheist jew? Jewish is a religion. If you are atheist, then you are not a jew.
     
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    A lad of Jewish parents who see's sense on religion.
     
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    Thats rubbish, that would mean a muslim converting to catholicism is a catholic muslim.
     
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    I think the idea is to renounce one and embrace the other not combine them.... then you'd be a Catlim
     
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    The Daily Mail is Britain's best selling newspaper and as such more indicative of British public opinion than any other newspaper.
    It's stories are often sensational in nature and deal with the extremes of bureaucracy as a favourite topic. Political corrects gone mad.
    As such the issues are sensationalised.

    I've been in the Daily Mail myself and I found the reportage to be sympathetic to me, to have the broad thrust of the story correct, but all of the details, were incorrect.
    I do associate the Daily Mail with "fake news".
    And it is the embodiment of MSM mainstream media in this country. Extremists hate and revile it.

    The Guardian on the other hand is a propaganda paper. A loss making enterprise maintained by rich people for the sole purpose of promoting their own political agenda.
    No news is faker than their's.
    The Guardian is fake MSM. Extremism posing as mainstream opinion.
     

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