In 2018, an eye-opening report entitled “The Submission of Schools to the Crescent,” was released by the Cultuur onder Vuur (Culture under Fire) campaign of the Civitas Christiana Foundation, a TFP sister organization in Holland that defends Christian culture. The report’s main focus is the Netherlands where it documents nineteen specific cases of Dutch students being forced to pray at mosques. It also lists examples from all over the European Union. The line between education and indoctrination is a very thin line indeed. Most would agree that some knowledge of Islam is necessary. It can be argued that a lack of common knowledge about Islam is one of the reasons that the 9-11 attacks came as such a shock. On the other hand, pressuring students to participate in a religious ritual—even if the teacher calls it a simulation—is a form of indoctrination.

Politically correct teachers who take students to the mosque find willing cooperation with educational administrators and mosques. The latter often receive funding from the Turkish government or Saudi oil sheiks. Unfortunately, education administrators forego their duty to protect the children against these influences, because of their naïve idea of Islam. At fault is the modernist idea of multiculturalism. In theory, the idea seems harmless. The multiculturalist is quick to point out that they are trying to spread knowledge of other cultures. They argue this leads to understanding, and understanding leads to world peace.

All too often, the real face of multiculturalism—a face of indoctrination—shows itself in its reality. Multiculturalism teaches students to severely question their own culture, especially Christian culture. All the while they are told to accept a very rosy picture of other cultures—non-Christian ones. When challenged with facts that point out flaws in different cultures, the multiculturalist is most likely to throw the blame on the effects of colonialism, imperialism, racism, or some other “ism,” which is always caused by Western culture. Above all, the report shows that the goal is to introduce an anti-Western and anti-Christian perspective to students. Exposure of the liberal program is the best defence against its nefarious purpose. The Cultuur onder Vuur campaign took and is taking a leading role in this battle in the Netherlands.

(Source: Edwin Benson, August 24, 2018; https://www.tfp.org/must-europes-students-submit-to-the-demands-of-islam/)