Statutory Sex Education in State Schools

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Statutory Sex Education in State Schools
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SRE Overview

• Is SRE Compulsory?
• Present Situation
• Future Proposals

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Materials
Examples of what your children could be taught

• Lets Grow with Nisha and Joe comic
• Channel 4 Living Growing film
• And Tango Makes Three

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Values

• The teaching is devoid of values right and
  wrong
• Our values
• Primacy of marriage
• Hayaa (modesty) flavours our interaction
• Prohibition of pre-marital and extra-marital
  relations
• Homosexuality is not an acceptable lifestyle
  choice

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Opting out

• Before we decide to withdraw our children
• Try and influence the SRE policy of your
  childrens school
• Opt out

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Homosexuality

• CONTEXT George Tomlinson School
• ACTION Muslim response
• LESSON Need for participation in schools

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SREIslamic Campaign
Our objectives are

• To collect as many signatures in support of the
  campaign aims.

• To increase awareness about the implications on
  the identity of our children of the governments
  proposals.

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The story so far
15,000 - Signatories to our petition 1250 -
Signatories to our online petition 5,950 -
Visitors to our campaign blog 37 - Masaajid
signed up to our campaign 19 - Awareness raising
seminars held so far in London 7 - Awareness
raising seminars held outside London 1400 -
People attending our awareness raising
seminars 10 - Seminars being planned across the
country
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The story so far
East London Mosque Ilford Islamic
Centre Greenwich Islamic Centre Lewisham
Masjid Ealing Islamic Centre North Finchley
Masjid Turnpike Lane Masjid Waltham Forest
Council of Mosques Tower Hamlets Council of
Mosques Shaykh Haitham al-Haddad
Past event Future event
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The story so far
Manchester
Bradford
Sheffield
Nottingham
Stoke on-Trent
Derby
Birmingham
Luton
Southampton
Gloucester
Past event Future event
Oxford Reading
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5 ways to help our campaign

• Contact your local masjid
• 2. Spread the message
• 3. Sign up for updates
• 4. Volunteer
• 5. Become a governor

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CONTACT
CONTACT DETAILS   http//sreislamic.wordpress.com
sreislamic_at_btinternet.com 07883 027 067
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Questions
Any questions?