According to a report by BBC the Scouts plans to recruit more Muslim volunteers has come under scrutiny. "Currently, there are 24 Muslim Scout groups in the UK and the Scouts Association says more adults are needed to cut long waiting lists."
It used to be that scout were tied to religious or faith organizations.
"The Scouts Association has traditionally had strong links to several different faith groups in the UK, with churches and synagogues providing practical and financial support for local groups.
It said this allowed communities to use the scouting ethos as a template to instil broad religious values such as honesty and integrity into young people.
But the National Secular Society said separating young people on the basis of religious belief discouraged integration. "
Scouting has sure gotten complicated. It is hard to walk the middle line and it is only human to lean to the left or right.
It always amazes me, and I mean no disrespect to Muslims. But in our country we are suppose to drop our beliefs in God, yet no one else seems to have to let go of their beliefs. Nor would they allow someone to tell them to. Others demand their rights, and rightly so.
Scouts should not be about Christians or Muslims. Yet somehow religion does end up dividing us. Maybe we should rename the scouts organization and just start a fresh new organization, without religion.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/86849...