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Hindus in
Canadian city oppose Muslim prayers at school
Tuesday July 05, 2011 12:25:49 PM,
Gurmukh Singh, IANS
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Toronto: Friday namaz
at a school in the Toronto suburb of North York has angered Hindu
advocacy groups here, who want it stopped.
The noon-time prayers for 400 Muslim students of the Valley Park
Middle School were introduced three years ago.
Angry Hindu advocacy groups want the 40-minute prayers, which are
conducted by an imam specially brought from a mosque, to be
stopped immediately.
The local Canadian Hindu Advocacy, led by Ron Banerjee, is roping
in various Hindu organisations to hold protests outside the school
to pressure management to stop the Friday prayers.
"This is alarming and unacceptable. We respect the separation of
church and state," Banerjee has said in interviews to the media.
"There's not supposed to be any religious classes taking place in
public schools," according to Banerjee.
He says his group is writing letters to the Toronto District
School Board (TDSB) to intervene to stop the practice being
allowed by the school management.
The school has the responsibility for ensuring secular education
for students, the Hindu advocacy leader adds.
Banerjee says upset parents of Hindu students at the Valley Park
Middle School have brought this practice to their notice.
He said Hindu groups will also raise objections to "the serving of
halal meat within TDSB schools. Our organisation is determined to
ensure all Hindu students are provided non-halal meat
alternatives".
Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus are the biggest non-white communities of
the Toronto area.
(Gurmukh Singh
can be contacted at gurmukh.s@ians.in)
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