DUmmies speaking out against the Religion of Peace?

[thundley4]

Swede   (1000+ posts)             Sat Feb-05-11 02:12 PM
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Muslims want children excused from music, mixed phys-ed classes
   
Like Shahina Siddiqui in the article said,who is advising these families?

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A dozen Muslim families who recently arrived in Canada have told Winnipeg's Louis Riel School Division that they want their children excused from compulsory elementary school music and coed physical education programs for religious and cultural reasons.


"This is one of our realities in Manitoba now, as a result of immigration," said superintendent Terry Borys. "We were faced with some families who were really adamant about this. Music was not part of the cultural reality."

"Who is advising them? My first concern would be who are these new immigrants talking to?" said Shahina Siddiqui, executive director of the Islamic Social Services. "This is the first time I am hearing this; I'm not very happy about it."



http://www.globalwinnipeg.com/world/Muslims+want+childr...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x355055

FreakinDJ   (1000+ posts)           Sat Feb-05-11 02:15 PM
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1. Ya came to the Wrong Country

villager   (1000+ posts)           Sat Feb-05-11 02:16 PM
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2. you go to a new country -- do you adapt to it? Or does it adapt to you?
   
Always the tension, always the dance....

What?  Aren't you DUmmies all for cultural acceptance? 

provis99   (1000+ posts)           Sat Feb-05-11 02:18 PM
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3. is music and coed phys-ed banned in the Koran?
   
Oh that's right: it isn't. This is just some bigoted cultural bullshit masquerading as religious belief.

glinda   (1000+ posts)           Sat Feb-05-11 02:18 PM
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4. Really would not surprise me if they are being advised by Conservatives in order to push hate.
   

[Tess Anderson]

Another couple of replies from two well-established DUmbasses:

Hannah Bell  (1000+ posts)        Sat Feb-05-11 02:26 PM
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10. why is a story about a dozen immigrant families asking for something from a school district worthy
 of a news article?

unless you're trying to jack up the anti-immigrant, anti-muslim fervor, that is?

i'd warrant all kinds of families ask for all kinds of things from school districts all the time. but somehow, it's not "news" unless a favored ox is gored.

proud2BlibKansan  (1000+ posts)        Sat Feb-05-11 02:35 PM
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19. +1 million
 We have many Muslim families in our district and a few have asked that their kids be excused from PE. The vast majority have not made this request however.

But the ones who have - the request is always honored. Not that big of a deal actually.

 

[thundley4]

Another couple of replies from two well-established DUmbasses:
 
 

Maybe they need to discuss the "honor killings" happening in the US, then.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-11-29-honor-killings-in-the-US_N.htm

[true_blood]

proud2BlibKansan  (1000+ posts)        Sat Feb-05-11 02:35 PM
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19. +1 million
We have many Muslim families in our district and a few have asked that their kids be excused from PE. The vast majority have not made this request however. But the ones who have - the request is always honored. Not that big of a deal actually.

Oh,.....but primitive Kansan. Isn't it the democrats that are saying that kids need to get exercise and to eat healthy? Wasn't it the liberal town of San Fransicko that banned Happy Meals?! I thought all the democrats were for keeping the obesity down in our children? Kind of ironic isn't it primitives??

[GOBUCKS]

glinda   (1000+ posts)           Sat Feb-05-11 02:18 PM
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4. Really would not surprise me if they are being advised by Conservatives in order to push hate.

Right. We've advised them to saw peoples' heads off, too. And blow themselves up, which would be okay if no one else were around.

[true_blood]

Right. We've advised them to saw peoples' heads off, too. And blow themselves up, which would be okay if no one else were around.

Don't forget about putting women in burkas and cutting of their clitorius as well. (Sounds mean and gross, but it is what they do.)