Tempers Flare Over Prayer In Schools

by Bangalore 4 Replies latest social current

  • Bangalore
    Bangalore
  • DesirousOfChange
    DesirousOfChange

    AS LONG AS THERE ARE FINAL EXAMS IN SCHOOLS

    THERE WILL BE PRAYERS THERE AS WELL.

  • glenster
    glenster
  • Lore
    Lore

    OK so I read that article twice and I STILL don't understand what the issue is.

    This is in Canada and I'm not familiar with their constitution.

    Groups including the Jewish Defence League of Canada, the Canadian Hindu Advocacy and the Christian Heritage Group, are upset that a middle school in the city's north end has provided Muslim students cafeteria space for a weekly prayer service, saying the board showed favouritism to Islam.

    This makes it sound as if the school is actively supporting and promoting the prayer by setting up an area for them to hold their official weekly prayer service. . . which I would have a problem with for obvious reasons.

    But some opponents say allowing students to pray on school property goes against the school board's policy that schools should be a place of study free from cultural or religious influence. While others say the right should be left open to all groups

    But then this makes it sound as if there's a group trying to ban individual students from praying in school at all. Meaning that they wouldn't have a special area for it, but ALSO that the students wouldn't be able to pray by themselves alone before a meal. Or silently pray when they are upset. . . This doesn't make any sense either. And I'm opposed to this as well for, hopefully, obvious reasons.

    Students should be ALLOWED to pray in school as long as they do it silently and the school doesn't endorse it in any way. What's so hard about that? I don't get it!

  • Lore
    Lore
    "We are simply providing space (for children to pray),"

    WHY!? Why would you do that?

    Last I checked, you can pray anywhere at anytime. According to every religion I'm aware of, you can do it silently and you don't need any particular room for it.

    I know Muslims have to bow to Mecca 5 freaking times a day, but you can really do that from anywhere and there's no reason for the school to assist you in that endeavor.

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