In a first for Canada, a school board has included in its calendar Nakba Remembrance Day, aka the “day of catastrophe” when the State of Israel was created in 1948. The Peel District School Board, near Toronto, says that it includes on its calendar “special” secular and creed-based days. Is Nakba Remembrance Day secular or […]
Canada: Muslim group pushes ‘Islamophobia’ education in schools, claiming anti-Muslim incidents on rise
Yet again, and as as expected, “Islamophobia” takes center stage when antisemitism — propelled by the pro-Palestinian lobby — is the most pervasive and troubling issue everywhere. The National Council of Canadian Muslims (formerly CAIR-CAN and an offshoot of CAIR, which was designated an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case, the Holy Land […]
Canada: Principal in area with nearly 25% Muslim students suspended for quip about students learning bomb-making
“The principal of a diverse Brampton high school” in the Peel District School Board “is on leave after a ‘xenophobic and racist’ comment was made during a virtual staff meeting….Sources told the Star that during a discussion about an enriched science class, the principal is alleged to have made a comment about students learning to […]
Canada: Man who mocked Islam and Muslims is fired from his job and removed from School Board post
Ravi Hooda’s remarks were no doubt tactless, and many who are not Muslims will find them offensive. He did not, however, call for any violence, as far as this report goes. He merely criticized Sharia and called Muslims some derisory names. If he had mocked Christianity and Christians, would he have been fired from his […]
Trudeau: Canadians must move “beyond mere tolerance towards acceptance”
Trudeau reiterated that Canadians should behave “beyond tolerance towards acceptance and friendship” ….. When are we going to hear calls for tolerance and acceptance of gays, infidels, apostates, and the freedom of speech from mosques across the country, as well as from the hodgepodge of “unindicted co-conspirators” and Hamas-linked groups that claim to represent the Muslim […]
Canada: Imam says of Qur’an’s wife beating verse that “it means to hit the person with a twig, a small twig”
The imam who advised the Peel District School Board (PDSB) in Mississauga (bordering Toronto) “on religious accommodation explains Quranic verse on wife beating.” The PDSB has been in the spotlight over its over accommodation to Muslims at the expense of many frustrated parents who are concerned about the Islamization of their children’s school. Back in January, […]
Canada: School board allows Muslim sermons in schools
Despite the foundations and long tradition of Christianity in Canada, any accommodation of it — even at Christmas time — is largely rejected in the public school system, which supposedly adheres to secularism. But there is a single exception to the rule, as one religion seems to stand supreme: Muslim students in the province of […]