An argument over whether German teachers at a school in Turkey can teach their students about Christmas appears to have been resolved after reports of a ban drew criticism from German politicians.
The Istanbul Lisesi school’s German department has 35 teachers from Germany. News agency dpa on Sunday cited an email to German teachers saying its Turkish leadership had ordered there should no longer be any teaching of Christmas traditions.
The school denied any ban but said some German teachers had addressed Christmas without answering students’ questions satisfactorily. On Monday, dpa reported the German department’s leadership mailed German teachers after meeting with the school’s Turkish heads saying there’s “no ban on discussing ‘Christmas’ in teaching.”
German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Monday he was confident “misunderstandings” could be resolved.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
We have the same problem here. Jesus birthday is about everything but Jesus. Why do we keep caving in to monopoly stores using Xmas, aithiests, liberals?
River blue, there is a way to consolation. I am also a Christian, and celebrate Jesus each first day of the week by observing the Lords’s Supper. Jesus was not born on December 25th, He was actually born in the Spring. So we celebrate December 25th as Christmas anyway, but more as a fun, family day. His life, death, burial and resurrection are the important things to remember.
very good- the fact is we are AMERICANS and we will NOT CHANGE OUR BELIEFS TO THE SATANISTS, ISLAMISTS OR ANYONE ELSE. ESP HILLARYS AND OBAMAS NWO-WHICH IS NOT NEW- IT IS WHAT HITLER DID
I thought Turkey was non secular. I.e. this wouldn’t matter. Most middle eastern countries you can be thrown in jail for bringing up Jesus or Christianity. Might explan why everyone living there is a muslem???
It is a start Germany, now all you have to do is get your country back.