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A Sikh Principal, Too English for a Largely Muslim School
England is doomed.

Quote:BIRMINGHAM, England — As a Sikh and second-generation Briton running a public school made up mostly of Muslim students, Balwant Bains was at the center of the issues facing multicultural Britain, including the perennial question of balancing religious precepts and cultural identity against assimilation.

But in January, Mr. Bains stepped down as the principal of the Saltley School and Specialist Science College, saying he could no longer do the job in the face of relentless criticism from the Muslim-dominated school board. It had pressed him, unsuccessfully, to replace some courses with Islamic and Arabic studies, segregate girls and boys and drop a citizenship class on tolerance and democracy in Britain.

“I suppose I was a threat, giving these children more British values, for them to be integrated into society,” Mr. Bains said in his first interview since the controversy over his departure.

Quote:The investigation found that some teachers and school board governors at the other schools were encouraging homophobia, anti-Semitism and support for Al Qaeda, sometimes inviting speakers who endorsed the establishment of a state run under Sharia law.

One school stopped music and drama lessons as well as Christmas and Diwali celebrations, and subsidized trips to Saudi Arabia for Muslim students.

In another school, the report found, girls and female teachers were discriminated against, and compulsory sex education, including discussions about forced marriage, was banned. Girls and boys seen talking for too long or considered flirtatious were reprimanded, while boys were given worksheets that said a wife had to obey her husband.

Quote:Muslim leaders in Britain have condemned the report’s findings, saying it was wrong to conflate conservative Muslim practices with an alleged agenda to Islamicize school systems.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/08/world/....html?_r=2
12-11-2014 07:14 PM
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RE: A Sikh Principal, Too English for a Largely Muslim School
It's called colonization.
12-12-2014 11:22 AM
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RE: A Sikh Principal, Too English for a Largely Muslim School
(12-12-2014 11:22 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  It's called colonization.

Yep. And the host is allowing it to happen. All in the interest of "immigration".

Their native population is aging and someone has to prop up the social entitlement programs. Good plan...
12-12-2014 11:27 AM
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RE: A Sikh Principal, Too English for a Largely Muslim School
I think Sikhs are pretty cool.

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12-12-2014 11:35 AM
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