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- The Holocaust teaching hoax was a hoax perpetrated in Great Britain in 2007. It involved sensationalist claims, mainly circulated in a chain email, which purported that the teaching of the Holocaust had been banned in British schools in fear of offending Muslim pupils. These claims were false, but inspired by a reported event at a school in Northern England, in which a teacher avoided teaching the holocaust as an optional topic. The emails alleged that the ban had been put in place because of concerns that such teaching could "offend" Muslim pupils, claiming that "the Muslim population" denied the Holocaust. On 2 April 2007, the Daily Mail and The Guardian ran stories on the subject. The emails led some to contact the BBC to verify the claims, as teaching the Holocaust is mandatory in English state schools—except in academies—and has not been banned elsewhere in the United Kingdom. In 2008, as email messages continued to circulate, the British government Schools Secretary Ed Balls wrote to the UK's embassies and the world media in order to refute the allegation that schools had banned or were reluctant to teach about the Holocaust. (en)
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- The Holocaust teaching hoax was a hoax perpetrated in Great Britain in 2007. It involved sensationalist claims, mainly circulated in a chain email, which purported that the teaching of the Holocaust had been banned in British schools in fear of offending Muslim pupils. These claims were false, but inspired by a reported event at a school in Northern England, in which a teacher avoided teaching the holocaust as an optional topic. (en)
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