Teacher told my child that child is not a Muslim

But why on eaeth woukd a teacher go up to a Muslim child and tell her sge wasnt a Muslim. It is just so implausible, even if she was a racist why would she say it. It doesn't make sense! Given this why would you take the wird if a 4 year old wgo doesn't even appear to know herself what religion she is. It*s quite offensive to even question something so ridiculous.

If she asked you if she's Muslim then maybe during a lesson where being Muslim was mentioned she asked the teacher if she was, and due to asking the teacher assumed she wasn't?

No I'm literally telling you why people have an issue.

My child would be taught it's ok for others to be gay (assuming my child isn't gay) and if he's not gay that's ok as well. However Muslims are teaching their children it's haram to be gay. So that's the issue.

Ah ok. You’re a disingenuous poster, not really here to engage in anything productive, so won’t waste my time responding. Ta.

Im asking why someone would get offended if someone tells them something is ‘haram’ for them? Why is that offensive? Would you get offended if a Jewish person said they eat kosher food? Also, I don’t know a single Muslim person who gets offended when you shout bacon at them- it’s a word. lol. Also why would you shout bacon in anyone’s faces. Your post is odd.

Because it's the same as shouting bacon at Muslims

What and why did you find it offensive? And what was the point of you mentioning your son goes to a catholic school and he is atheist - is this meant to make a point?

It didn't happen. Why would a teacher have this conversation with your child. Child misunderstood.

@Jkam24 I am so very sorry you are being subjected to such hostility from some people on this thread. I find these comments very disturbing and I really hope this hostility to Muslims is not something shared widely by MN users. Seriously ikk.

It is a misunderstanding because I can almost guarantee a four year old got it wrong.

Seriously step back and think about this. There is nothing untoward here don’t look to be offended.

I’m astonished you’re as bothered as you are, considering you’re a teacher yourself.

Get a grip.

I know, there are some very tough people on here apparently! But when the children start reception, it only feels like 5 minutes ago that they were little babies, and it is easy to feel helpless as a parent because it's hard to know what's really going on in the classroom, and you never know how much to believe of what they say. But obviously it's going to be upsetting seeing your child cry! Good luck anyway!

I think this is quite feasibly what has happened then. The teacher has a preconceived idea in her head of what a Muslim child looks like and your child does not fit that image. You can set her straight tomorrow if this is the case and the teacher will learn not to make assumptions.

YANBU if the teacher said this, but I voted YABU as you are angry solely based on what your DD has said.

Drop the teacher an email/ have a chat at pick up and ask where your DD might have got this impression, or if she did say that, why?

I'm a retired Scottish secondary school teacher. I normally avoided the topic as well.

However...One time a teenage boy was mouthing off about his participation in Orange Walks and how he hated Catholics.

"Why do you hate Catholics?"

"Cos I'm a Protestant."

"Are you a member of a church?"

"Naw. Only Catholics go to church."

"I beg to differ. I'm a member of the Church of Scotland, so I'm a Protestant."

"Protestants don't go to church."

"I assure you that they do. You're telling me that you've never been inside a church..."

"It's just Catholics that do that."

"So what makes you think that you're a Protestant?"

I can't remember the full conversation now, but the poor lad seemed to think that "Protestant" meant "atheist". I suppose that he might have tried to make a case for "Protestant" as signifier of cultural rather than religious belief but he wasn't up to that: I rather think that he also believed that only Protestants played the flute [badly].

I half expected a parental complaint, but there was none.

My child came home from reception and said they had been learning about sex ! Turned out they were learning about “sets” in maths!

YANBU.

But mumsnet won't afford your religion with the same level of empathy and consideration that they would give to other religions.

Have you ever seen the description of the mum that is selling the last snow shovel they have left in the shop?

THAT is how there can be 2 sides.

I have a reception age child and, respectfully, the brightest kids at this age will usually have the most overactive imaginations!

Does your daughter get a Halal school meal? If not I'm wondering if this might be where the confusion arose.

Nothing to do with religion, but when I registered my fourth child at school, I accidentally put the wrong date of birth. When they did a ‘This is me’ task, my child gave the correct birthday date, and the teacher told him it was wrong because it didn’t match the information on their records. It was a bit embarrassing to have to go in and tell them I’d made a mistake. Perhaps the school record for your daughter is incorrect?