The American Spectator

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Government backed study has revealed....

It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial....

It found some teachers are dropping courses covering the Holocaust at the earliest opportunity over fears Muslim pupils might express anti-Semitic and anti-Israel reactions in class....

The report concluded: "In particular settings, teachers of history are unwilling to challenge highly contentious or charged versions of history in which pupils are steeped at home, in their community or in a place of worship."

But Chris McGovern, history education adviser to the former Tory government, said: "History is not a vehicle for promoting political correctness. Children must have access to knowledge of these controversial subjects, whether palatable or unpalatable."