Hege Storhaug, HRS
Den aktuelle katolske skolen ligger i Blacburn, en by med rundt 25 prosent muslimer fra subkontinentet og som er preget av segregering. Det er således ingen overraskelse at en katolsk skole i byen nå er så dominert av muslimske lever, at kirkens ledere mener det ikke er grunnlag for å drive skolen på deres premisser. Kun seks av elevene ved skolen er katolikker.
A CATHOLIC school faces being taken over by a mosque after it was revealed that 95% of its pupils are Muslim.
It is believed to be the first case of its kind in Britain.
Church leaders say it is no longer “appropriate” for them to run Sacred Heart RC Primary School which has just six Christian pupils.
Som sikkert mange fikk med seg i fjor, stiller SSB spørsmål ved hvorvidt demografi er interessant. SSB skulle kanskje ta seg en prat med det lokale katolske lederskapet i Blacburn?
Just 10 years ago more than 90% of pupils were Catholic. But now most are of Asian origin, do not speak English as their first language and follow Islam.
The school in Blackburn, Lancs, could be handed to the nearby Masjid-e-Tauheedul mosque.
Harry Devonport of Blackburn with Darwen Council Children’s Services, said the decision to abandon the school was made by the Diocese of Salford.
Argumentet for å oppgi den katolske skolen, er i seg selv grunnleggende logisk: man vil møte behovene til lokalsamfunnet.
Diocese education director Geraldine Bradbury said: “We have never experienced a change to this extent before. We would not be serving the local community by insisting that we run the school. It brings things like having a Catholic head teacher and devoting 10% of the timetable to RE.
“It would be wrong of us to insist on putting a school community through that.”
Den aktuelle moskeen driver allerede i dag skole for jenter. Slik møter man behovene til lokalsamfunnet, altså til de voksne i makteposisjoner, ikke til barna. Multikultur + menneskerettigheter = ikke sant. Med en regjering som i tillegg er pro private religiøse skoler, ligger det an til at segregeringen vil forseres i årene som kommer.
The mosque runs an Islamic girls’ secondary school. Head Hamid Patel said: “Given that almost all of the pupils are Muslim, it makes sense.”
Other organisations are in the race to run the school – in a predominantly Asian populated area of the town – including the Church of England diocese.
But the Tauheedul mosque is favourite to take over. A report to the local council said any attempt to turn Sacred Heart into a non-religious community school would be rejected because of the Coalition Government’s “stated preference for new faith schools and free schools”.
Mr Devonport added: “There will be no disruption for children at the school.”
Det ligger tung symbolikk i saken fra Blackburn. Innen få år vil byer i Storbritannia bestå av et mindretall briter, og der muslimer vil dominere det offentlige rommet. Når endog Unni Wikan under besøk nå i Egypt ga etter for press om å dekke seg til, aner man konturene av en samfunnsomveltning. Mon tro når norske kvinner ”tar en Aurdal” – og dekker sitt fagre år?