25 July 2011

Protesters oppose Muslim prayer in public schools

They waved signs that warned of “creeping jihad” and proclaimed “Islam must be reformed or banned.”

They chanted — “No Islam in our schools”; “No Mohamed in our schools”; “No Sharia law in our country.”

About 100 protesters, many from groups such as the Jewish Defense League, the Christian Heritage Party and Canadian Hindu Advocacy, came to the Toronto District School Board Monday evening to protest its approval of formal Friday prayer services for Muslim students at Valley Park Middle School.

[A COMMENT] My children go to public school. And even though I'm a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, I neither expect nor want for them to have prayers or Bible reading classes in public school system. If anybody wants to have prayers and religious classes, let them open their own schools and leave public school system out of this. [Toronto Star] Read more