UK: Outrage as School Asks Pupils to Pretend to Convert to Islam for Homework Assignment
23rd February 2016
A school in Guernsey has provoked outrage after asking pupils to write a letter pretending they are converting to Islam.
Pupils aged 12 and 13 at Les Beauchamps High School were asked to pen the creative writing exercise as part of a religious education lesson. They were asked to write a letter to their parents explaining that they had converted to Islam and hope that their family would respect their decision.
The homework briefing stated: “Complete the letter you started or started planning in class to your family on how you are converting to Islam. Include: How you’re feeling, how becoming a Muslim has changed your life, how much you love your family and hope they can accept your choice.
More to the point would be having them pretend to be a Muslim converting to some other religion and then have them describe how they would avoid being beheaded. That would be challenging.