Liberal Alliance will have a taskforce to educate on the Muhammad crisis
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Saturday, April 19, 2025 • 12:11 PM UTC - in Politics
Liberal Alliance proposes a taskforce to teach about the Muhammad crisis
The party suggests in a new move, that two taskforces from the state should teach in conflict-ridden subjects.
According to Steffen Larsen (LA), all parties in the blue bloc on one side or the other support the intentions in Liberal Alliance's new move, he tells Ritzau. (Photo: © Mads Claus Rasmussen, Ritzau Scanpix) 1 minute ago
There are too many religious special considerations in Danish public institutions, believes Liberal Alliance.
Therefore, the party will work with a new immigration plan to establish two taskforces under the Ministry of Education.
They should teach in subjects that have proven to be particularly problematic in relation to immigrant environments, sounds it from the party.
It appears from Liberal Alliance's immigration and integration plan 2025 on the party's website ( https://www.liberalalliance.dk/udlaendinge-og-integrationsudspil/ ).
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> We are forced to find some people who have the courage to stand for our
> values and for our society
> Steffen Larsen, immigration and integration spokesperson, LA
One taskforce should teach about antisemitism, the Holocaust, honor-related violence, social control and fundamental freedom rights - both on vocational schools and in the oldest classes of primary school.
The other taskforce is assigned to teach about the Muhammad crisis, writes the party.
The reason is that teachers should be protected from violent reactions when teaching in conflict-ridden subjects.
Therefore, the teaching in these subjects should be carried out by experts selected by the Ministry of Education.
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Security may be a challenge
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Liberal Alliance believes that there is a growing self-censorship among teachers who refrain from teaching sensitive subjects.
This tells the party's immigration and integration spokesperson, Steffen Larsen.
- We experience that it is difficult to get taught in these subjects, because there are simply both students and parents who are threatening in their behavior.
- And it is not acceptable that the bully's veto is what sets the limits for what can be taught in primary school, he says.
It is currently not obligatory to teach about the Muhammad crisis in primary school. (Photo: © Claus Fisker, Scanpix Denmark)
When teaching in conflict-ridden subjects, a challenge for external teachers may be security, says Steffen Larsen.
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure anonymity or similar and ensure that teachers can work under normal conditions, it sounds.
- We are forced to find some people who have the courage to stand for our values and for our society, he says.
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'Forced to press again'
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Normally, Liberal Alliance stands for the de-bureaucratization of the public sector.
But Steffen Larsen justifies the necessary state intervention in education with, that when educational freedom is pressured, "we are forced to press again".
- We should have a primary school where students are taught about what has actually happened in Denmark in recent times, and where it is not attempted to be prevented by threats of violence, says immigration spokesperson.
If it succeeds in establishing the two taskforces, the plan is that they should be distributed to the areas that experience the greatest challenges, explains Steffen Larsen.
This can be areas that appear on the list of parallel societies, or schools that complain or even want to sign up themselves, it sounds.
- We know that a Danish school in Thisted does not have the same problems as a school in Vollsmose, says Steffen Larsen.
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