The Taming of the Jew

As reported in the Daily Telegraph today, and unfortunately not a hoax

News just in from Norfolk where the education chiefs at the council have drawn up some new guidelines for religious education teachers.

These guidelines are up for approval in the council in the near future, and in them teachers are being given all kinds of useful advice for their teaching methods.

One succint piece of advice is to refer to the "Western Wall" rather than the "Wailing Wall" in case children mistakenly think that Jews are moaners.

It is advised that muslims are not shown in photographs "holding swords, kalashnikovs, etc", to avoid any connection between Islam and terrorism (as if anyone needed any advice on that front)

Sikh's and Hindu's also come in the crossfire of political correctness. Photos of Hindu holy men caked in mud are also out, lest they give the impression that it is a religion for "weirdos or masochists".

Any reference to Sikh kachs needs to be done carefully, as without preparation, "they seem to some like merely voluminous underpants and can give rise to a poor response".

Christians also get their fair share of madness, with guidelines suggesting that teachers should scrap the use of the term "Old Testament" as pupils may believe its contents are no longer relevant.

Finally, it advises not to mention that communion bread and wine represents the body and blood of Jesus Christ, in case pupils think that Christians are cannibals.

Quite, and there was I thinking that education standards had gone down the toilet.