Thank you Mark for replying to this so quickly. My first reaction was surprise to see the initial e-mail included on this list which turned to outrage when I read it and was very willing to forward it. I was therefore extremly glad to hear that it was false! Berry On 07/12/2007, MAshwell@aol.com <MAshwell@aol.com> wrote: > > I have to point out that the information within this email is false. > > The UK government has not removed the holocaust from the national > curriculum, and has no plans to do so. The holocaust is studied in depth > in several > school subjects. Two of my children attend a school in Leicester which > has a > large number of Muslim students, and they are all preparing to mark > National > Holocaust day on 27th January. > > I am sure other "posters" on this mailing list who live in Leicester will > know a few Muslims - please ask your Muslim friends. I have and not one > has > denied the holocaust. > > Ironically, I read this email to my teenage daughter, and she now plans > to > include in a project as an example of how the spread of mis-information > could > inadvertently (or otherwise) encourage persecution of different peoples. > > Mark > Leicester > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >