Again the head teacher or the school curriculum organisers are not dealing with this effectively at all by making such an issue out of it. I get a horrible feeling the Head teacher is almost playing up to the racist views that some of her parents might have.
There has to be far more sensible ways of doing this, than taking eight year old children to a university exhibition.
Get a teacher who understands the religion and who knows how to talk and present things to children, to go into school, show them things and tell stories etc etc. It would be far more constructive.
IMO there should be no need to ask parents permission about such visits into school (or giving sex education either.) We need to be a bit more French about this, within obvious reason, parents should not be able to veto parts of children's education.
Mind you the parents and children pictured posing "looking grumpy" says something about attitudes. 15 minutes of Fame anyone.
DD sent me this link once!
apiln.blogspot.co.uk/
Do people really have to pull such faces to camera so local newspaper readers will understand they are angry.