Re: MMA against teaching pre-islamic history
At school in England, we were never taught England's history prior to the 1066 Norman invasion and conquest of England. We were told since that was when modern England started, that's all the only point that we needed to know the country's history from.
Taking it one step further, English schoolboys are not taught about Englands pre-Christian past. Why should Pakistani schoolboys then be taught about the pre-Islam past?
The bit about England - that's a very sweeping statement and I would expect largely untrue. I remember learning about dinasours and Romans at Primary school. At Secondary level there were options to specialise on different eras. Can't imagine what sort of school you attended (no offence).
The bit about 'taking it one step further...' just because one nation wishes to distort or limit historical study/introspection, doesn't justify another country to. I read in the paper today the MMA or their ilk are complaining about Pakistani students being taught about Hinduism. As if giving them that exposure would encourage them to become Hindus or denying them the exposure would make Hinduism disappear