Groups Protesting Prayers at Toronto School

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Re: Groups Protesting Prayers at Toronto School

@sharaabee

I agree that this Bannerjee guy definitely has the wrong agenda. The regular hindu organization has distanced themselves from it. The reporter did a great job making him look like a fool cuz he could not find any hindus around him supporting him.

@sharaabee

“this is mandatory for us” is a slippery slope. Burkha is mandatory for some. Public punishments are mandatory for some. That’s retarded. Religion should not enjoy complete immunity to whatever it wants.

I don’t understand how the slippery slope applies here…as long as your actions do not have a negative impact on others and as long as those subject to the consequences of your actions do not have an issue with it then there should be restriction.

If someone wants to wear a burka…let them…how does that impact me? Now if they insist that I have to wear one then I might be in a position to object.

Nobody is saying give religion free reign…they are simply asking for the right to practice their religion… a right that is assured to them in the constitution.

@sharaabee

No christian mass at school, no hindu poojas at school = no mass muslim prayers at school. I’m good with that logic.

Nobody has stopped the Christian community from having prayer sessions…they simply haven’t had the need to since their Sabbath is on Sunday.

I’m not sure when the Hindu religion requires prayer in a congregation so I can’t comment but I’m sure that if a large enough contingent of the school’s population asked for this privilege then the school and the board would be happy to oblige. And the same applies to the Jewish community.

@sharaabee

You need to read up on this specific case a bit more as some of your points are incorrect. The school IS making special time arrangements for these students which walk in class late. Same with location (cafeteria).

The school is NOT making special time arrangements for these students. The parents are required to provide authorization for their child to attend the congregation in much the same manner as they would provide a note if the child was coming late to class due to a doctor’s appointment. The children are required to make up for the missed lessons on their own. No part of the curriculum is being impacted or neglected at all.

As for the location…the principal’s decision to accommodate the prayer in the cafeteria is a smart one as otherwise the children, many of them quite young, would make a 10 minute trek to the nearby mosque. This unnecessary travel has the potential to pose several types of dangers. Furthermore…the trip to the mosque often resulted in students not returning to school for the balance of the day. I’m sure the impact of truancy was affecting the school as well. Kudos to the principal for finding a brilliant solution to more than one problem.

@sharaabee

If people from any religion are soo hell bent on following aspects of their religion that conflict with multicultural western norms.. then they should leave western countries and move back to Islamic countries. It’s pretty simple. Its ridiculous that they want to live in secular western societies.. and then use secular values (freedom of religion) and manipulate and stretch it to its limits to live their version(s) of islamic life. How hypocritical?

So wait a second…you agree that “secular western societies” provide values like “freedom of religion” yet you don’t want anyone immigrating to these societies if they are going to exercise that right? That sounds like hypocrisy to me.