(National Post) In a particularly stark illustration of what appears to be a growing rift between Muslim communities and the Canadian public school system, an Edmonton teacher was allegedly caught on tape lambasting Muslim students for eschewing in-school Pride celebrations.
“You are out to lunch if you think it’s acceptable to not show up because … there’s Pride activities going on at school,” says the unnamed Londonderry School teacher in the two-minute recording, which appears to be directed against an individual student.
The teacher begins her dressing-down by saying there was no complaint from the non-Islamic student body when the Muslim holiday of Ramadan was recently acknowledged during “Lion Time,” a daily 20-minute session of orientation and news.
