Saturday - March 07, 2009

MUSLIMS ON THE MARCH AGAIN AS SCHOOL CAVES …. WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

Shirley gym club claims Muslim parents are forcing it out of school
Croydon Today 07 March 2009
By Neil Millard

A gymnastics club claims it is being forced out of a school because Muslim parents do not want their daughters coming into contact with its male members.

Old Palace School has refused to deny the allegation about a move which has left Shirley Gymnastics Club desperately searching for a new home.

Club boss Colin Perry believes the school’s commitment to multiculturalism has been compromised for fear of offending a minority of mums and dads.

“It’s unbelievable,” he said (...)
http://europenews.dk/en/node/20819

It’s stated in another article that muslims are “very protective of their young girls.” Right.  I do believe that.  Until they reach an age where they are able to make their own decisions.  Then the protection takes on an ugly form sometimes ending in a twisted sense of honor killings.

On the other hand I do have a question.  It’s been many years (a lifetime ago) since I was in school (grammar) and I do not recall being in a gym class with girls.  I’m curious, are gym classes generally mixed these days?  I wouldn’t think young girls would be very comfortable in that set up.

“The school commitment to multiculturalism has been compromised” Well now, surely that has to be a GOOD thing.

Or, are the muslims correct this one and only time?

Yes? No? Comments?

Mixed sex gym club forced to quit all girls’ school over Muslim parents complaints
A gymnastics club has been forced to quit classes at an all girls’ school after Muslim parents complained that they “didn’t want boys in the gym”.

Colin Perry, who runs Shirley Gymnastics Club, said that “multiculturalism” and pressure from Muslim parents on the school’s head has forced him to look for somewhere else to train his 250 young members.

Mr Perry, who has held classes at the Old Palace School – an independent school for girls aged four to 18 years in Croydon – since January last year said he was furious he has to move.

He said: “The school commitment to multiculturalism has been compromised for fear of offending a minority of parents.

“There is a group of Muslim parents with Muslim children at the school and they are the ones putting pressure on the head teacher. It makes me sad to say that.”

The club, which caters for young gymnasts aged between five and 21, has until April 3 to find a new home.

Mr Perry said the school’s head Judy Harris told him that Muslim parents had approached her and asked her why an independent girls schools had boys in the gym while school was still open.

He said: “She said some of the parents have said their children go to an independent all girls school and unfortunately they’re concerned because we have got boys in the club. She said to us that the school has got far more Muslim children than last year, so effectively we have to interpret that in our own way.”

Dudley Mead, a governor at the school, said he knew about Muslim parents’ concerns, adding: “That’s the Muslim belief isn’t it? They are very protective of their female children.”

The school did offer a compromise, that the gym club could stay but start later at 6.30pm, rather than 5pm as at present, by which time pupils will be off the site.

But Mr Perry says this would be impractical as some sessions wouldn’t end until 9.30pm, way too late for many of the club’s young members.

Mrs Harris released a statement in which she said: “We were unable to accommodate the early starting time of the club as the school was still functioning.

“We had hoped that the club could be held at a later time but this was thought unworkable by the organisers.

“It has not been a decision taken lightly but we have to consider the needs of the school and the security of the site given the very young age of our juniors.”

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