(Juno News) A Durham mother says she pulled her son out of Colonel J.E. Farewell Public School after discovering that his Grade 4 class was being tested on Islamic teachings while Christian holidays were reduced to chocolate and cartoons.
Her son’s work folder included a graded assignment on Ramadan that asked students to identify the Five Pillars of Islam, describe what Muslims believe, and explain how they become “better Muslims by praying more and reading the Qur’an.” The teacher marked answers as right or wrong, giving students a grade out of sixteen.
In the same folder was a worksheet about Easter called The Clumsy Easter Bunny, a story about a rabbit painting eggs. There was no reference to Jesus, Lent, or resurrection — just a comprehension quiz about the bunny’s feelings and colours of paint.
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