It's difficult to assess three independent incidents and conclude a trend is brewing. However, public schools in the United States, Canada and England are battling efforts to add Muslim curriculum or to tolerate power plays by Muslim students and their parents.
Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the state-funded Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy in Minneapolis for violating the First Amendment's establishment clause. The school, founded and run by Muslim American Society (MAS) officials, "advances, endorses, and prefers the Muslim religion over other religions or nonsectarian approaches in connection with school activities and fosters entanglement between government and religion."
In England, a former school principal is seeking damages from a county council for what she considered to be harassment from the school's Muslim students and their parents. Erica Connor was accused of "racism and Islamophobia" in a petition seeking her ouster and claims to have been accosted by a group of Muslim students. The local education authority abandoned her, she claims in her litigation.
After an initial investigation cleared Connor of any wrongdoing, ongoing pressure prompted a second review. It found she "had not been responsive to the needs of the faith community."
Upon reading of the teacher's plight, Canadian writer Barbara Kay was reminded of a similar episode that happened to a friend of hers. Using a pseudonym, Kay describes a teacher, the child of Holocaust survivors, who taught at an Ottawa high school until 2004. She left because of ongoing harassment by Muslim students who figured out she is Jewish. Read more ...
Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the state-funded Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy in Minneapolis for violating the First Amendment's establishment clause. The school, founded and run by Muslim American Society (MAS) officials, "advances, endorses, and prefers the Muslim religion over other religions or nonsectarian approaches in connection with school activities and fosters entanglement between government and religion."
In England, a former school principal is seeking damages from a county council for what she considered to be harassment from the school's Muslim students and their parents. Erica Connor was accused of "racism and Islamophobia" in a petition seeking her ouster and claims to have been accosted by a group of Muslim students. The local education authority abandoned her, she claims in her litigation.
After an initial investigation cleared Connor of any wrongdoing, ongoing pressure prompted a second review. It found she "had not been responsive to the needs of the faith community."
Upon reading of the teacher's plight, Canadian writer Barbara Kay was reminded of a similar episode that happened to a friend of hers. Using a pseudonym, Kay describes a teacher, the child of Holocaust survivors, who taught at an Ottawa high school until 2004. She left because of ongoing harassment by Muslim students who figured out she is Jewish. Read more ...
Source: IPT News
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