Does religion deny music to children? Nope.

Does Islam deny music to children? No.

Does Islamic fundamentalism deny music to children? No. The Koran does NOT say that one should deny music to children. If the term "fundamentalist" means anything other than "a person whom I hate", it should logically mean, and originally did mean, "a person who believes the fundamentals, the basics, of Protestantism or, by extension, who believes the fundamentals of any religion". Music-denial is not a "fundamental" of Islam, therefore it cannot be a tenet of Islamic fundamentalism.

Do some parents object to the content of the musical curriculum in government schools in the U.K. Apparently.

Don T. wrote, at 5:37, on July 2, "I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Ollie Cromwell and his merry band of Puritans, who carried the denial of music and dance to the extreme limit of actually killing people who dared to show, publicly, any enjoyment of life, or colour of dress.." and at 6:58 p.m. on July 4 wrote, "It wasn't the religious who went around killing anyone who sang, danced, or displayed a little joie de vivre, it was the fundamentalists who chose the most extreme interpretation of Christ's message, and espoused the most Draconian of punishments".

What those modern British Muslim parents have to do with the Puritans, I don't know. I do know that the Puritans were great lovers of music: http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1956/1/1956_1_65.shtml

As to claims about "Puritan fundamentalists", the fact is that those who accepted the fundamentals of Puritanism were...simply Puritans. Those who were more extreme than the Puritans, who went beyond the fundamentals of Puritanism, were the Quakers, the Diggers, and the Levellers. If there is ANY evidence whatsoever that either the Puritans, the Quakers, the Diggers, the Levellers, or ANY similar group, ever killed even ONE person for singing, I would like to see that evidence. Even more, I would like to see the evidence that they killed, not just one person, but "anyone" who sang.

Kent