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[mrsukyankee]

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Britain First Post ‘Heartbreaking’ Picture Of Children Seemingly Doing Yoga Which Supporters Mistake As Muslim Pray


Britain First have posted a picture of school children seemingly doing a yoga pose which it said was “heartbreaking” in what appears to be attempt to subtly imply the youngsters were being made to perform a Muslim pray.

The far-right political party posed a picture of 10 young girls it said were at a British school, sitting upright on foam mats. A second picture showed the group leaning forward to touch their heads on the mat, with their arms outstretched.

A caption on the image read: “A British school. Heartbreaking.”



The picture Britain First supporters thought showed British school children being taught Muslim pray
The yoga pose is known as balasana, or child’s pose. The position is similar to the final position of the Muslim pray ritual - a move called sajdah - which sees followers place their head, knees and hands on the floor.

The picture has been shared over 1900 times and has prompted 11,000 comments.

While Britain First did not explicitly say what was happening in the picture, the fact it said the image was “heartbreaking” led a lot of their followers to assume it was further evidence of what the party regularly claims is the “Islamification of Britain”. Although some commenters suggested the children were either doing yoga, or some sort of relaxation exercise.

Thousands of people commented on the post:

Richard Dickinson wrote: “That school should have the headmaster sacked.

“Islam should not even be mentioned in our schools it’s about time we sorted this out this (sic) is Britain we are British not Muslim.

“Get them out of our country. We should have someone like Donald Trump being our Prime Minister.”   ^o)    

While some observers were a little more skeptical.

Nati Moore wrote: “Looks like they are doing yoga to me ? these photos can easily of been taken out of context! I don’t know of any school where pupils have been made to ‘pray’!”

Eloise Manuel posted a series of questions under the image. They read: 1- who says they were praying; 2- who said this was an English school; 3- lots of schools do this like pe/ relaxation classes; 4- if they were learning to pray, they look happy about it.

Noori Akhtar, who said she works at a British school, said she thought the picture illustrated a “typical game of sleeping lions/sleeping bunnies!!!!!!!!! Oh how you love to stir the s***!!!”

[isabel]

Mar 26, 2016 17:29:12 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

We should have someone like Donald Trump being our Prime Minister.”      

Oh, oh, please take him! I'll even pay for his plane ticket over there. 

[mrsukyankee]

Mar 26, 2016 17:34:44 GMT -5 isabel said:

Mar 26, 2016 17:29:12 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

We should have someone like Donald Trump being our Prime Minister.”      

Oh, oh, please take him! I'll even pay for his plane ticket over there. 

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My cousins boyfriend posts some craptastic racist, anti-immigrant British stuff on Facebook and I am horrified. I have never met him and I usually can't reply or comment because it just shows that he likes 'xyz' which doesn't let you comment. there are too many times that I am screaming about not being able to reply.
The comment that I loved the most 'even if they are praying - they seem pretty happy about it' yep. Somehow bending in half at the waist isn't making them into 3 eyed monsters

[mrsukyankee]

@hannymarren, wish I could comment for you. It drives me mad to read the British First crap. Luckily, they don't seem to be able to get into power (and, in fact, lost more seats in the last election).

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Mar 26, 2016 17:44:57 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

@hannymarren, wish I could comment for you. It drives me mad to read the British First crap. Luckily, they don't seem to be able to get into power (and, in fact, lost more seats in the last election).

It's a lot of 'why did we stop giving money to our elderly/veterans/puppies and give it to smelly immigrants/fighting IS '
Usually with a photo of some old lady and a snapshot of her pension.

[mx27]

Oh, I know (in response to the thread title). Stupidity knows no bounds.

[loira]

Ugh. The BNP sent a flyer to our flat before the election in May. They obviously did not realise we were immigrants, and that I was an immigrant who could vote.