Satanic Pianos

[icyfroth]

Satanic pianos and anthem a disgrace?

BACK in 2012 the Islamic College of South Australia made headlines when it sacked a female staff member for failing to wear a headscarf.

In hindsight it looks like these developments were a sign that some people at the college, which was once hailed as a multicultural success story with a commitment to assimilation, were determined to ensure that it maintained a separate identity from the Australian mainstream. Needless to say, in the current climate such an approach is unwelcome.

The singing of the anthem is something that happens in every Australian school and is an important symbolic gesture of our togetherness as Australians. If the school has banned the anthem it suggests a hostility to that concept.

More disturbing is the report that the school has also banned the playing of the piano from its music program on the grounds that the piano is evil. If this is the case, such medieval nonsense is straight out of the joyless playbook of the Taliban, which regards television, cinema, and almost every form of art as the work of the devil.

People are punished for watching TV and listening to music in Afghanistan. If we have a situation here in the suburbs of Adelaide where children are being chastised for wanting to play and enjoy music, we have a very serious problem on our hands.

Private religious schools receive public money in Australia. The argument about whether they should was settled in the 1960s. If these schools teach the curriculum and adhere to community values, fair enough.

You would doubt that too many taxpayers would want to underwrite a curriculum which regards pianos as satanic and the anthem as a disgrace.

The Federal Government should seek answers from this college on our behalf. If these practices are confirmed, the school should not get a cent.

More importantly, its teaching practices should be monitored and if necessary stamped out, as this kind of teaching has no place in an enlightened democracy.

Entire Article Here

I wonder how they feel about abstract art?

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I read what was posted and I read the link. where does it say male teachers can wear shorts and t- shirts?

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What it actually says in Lloyd's post is:

• The following are not permitted:
• Jeans and jean style trousers
• Cargo pants
• Shorts
• Tee-shirts

[lloydslights]

An "Oops Moment" Julia:

Male Staff

• The minimum standard is business shirt, tailored pants and business shoes. A suit or similar style jacket and tie are encouraged during the winter months and to formal school events
• The following are not permitted:
• Jeans and jean style trousers
• Cargo pants
• Shorts
• Tee-shirts
• Hair should be clean, and the colour and style expectations placed on students must not be exceeded by staff
• DEB

[Anonymous]

Why aren't the exclusive Brethern targeted in the news, like the Muslims are?

maybe because the parents have nothing

to complain about and dont feel the need

for publicity?

(the exclusive bretheren are often targeted

in the news for being a cult and brainwashing

kids.  i could post a full page of links to australian

articles.)

[***super_nova***]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

So I don't find a strict dress code to be all that unusual to be honest.

its not.  its the discrimination most ppl would 

object to.

during summer male teachers can wear

tshirts and shorts but female teachers have 

to be covered up.

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• The following are not permitted:
• Jeans and jean style trousers
• Cargo pants
• Shorts
• Tee-shirts

[cherry*135]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

Why aren't the exclusive Brethern targeted in the news, like the Muslims are?

maybe because the parents have nothing

to complain about and dont feel the need

for publicity? Your view only, what do you base that on? Being 'exclusive' they wouldn't be airing their dirty laundry in public, doesn't mean there is no complaints.

Lots of schools have disagreements between parent groups, boards, principals.. nothing to do with whether they are public schools, private schools or religious schools.

(the exclusive bretheren are often targeted

in the news for being a cult and brainwashing

kids.  i could post a full page of links to australian

articles.)

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[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I read what was posted and I read the link. where does it say male teachers can wear shorts and t- shirts?

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apologies.  misread it.  

agree - strict dressing code is nothing unusual.

[Anonymous]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

hopefully!  thanks to the publicity.

From the article, I'd say it was more thanks to the concerned parents and the support they recieved from the Immams.

discussing it in the context of what was 

acceptable during the dark ages is not 

really serving any purpose - is it

You're not suggesting I went to school in the Dark Ages are you?

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lol no - thats why i put dark ages in italics.

its a figure of speech.   

[Anonymous]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

Why aren't the exclusive Brethern targeted in the news, like the Muslims are?

maybe because the parents have nothing

to complain about and dont feel the need

for publicity? Your view only, what do you base that on? Being 'exclusive' they wouldn't be airing their dirty laundry in public, doesn't mean there is no complaints.

Lots of schools have disagreements between parent groups, boards, principals.. nothing to do with whether they are public schools, private schools or religious schools.

(the exclusive bretheren are often targeted

in the news for being a cult and brainwashing

kids.  i could post a full page of links to australian

articles.)

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[the_great_she_elephant]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I remember when our daughter was at a private girls school here in Melb.they also had a very strict dress code (though they wore uniforms) . So I don't find a strict dress code to be all that unusual to be honest. They never banned pianos though

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Reading the article in the OP I don't think it's simply the dress code or the teacher being sacked for breaching it that the parents are complaining about. It seems to me they are concerned that the school is heading down a path towards fundamentalism: and the leading Immams in South Australia agree with them and are likewise concerned. So the problem would appear to lie with the board of that particular school board not with the religion of  its members .

[debra9275]

The dress code is pretty much what you'd expect from private school teachers . It sounds like the men need to be reasonably well dressed as you would expect. though it is a bit more over the top than the Anglican school my daughter went to for the female teachers. I have not seen a female teacher wearing transparent clothing ( and wouldn't want to in any school) loose fitting trousers is more extreme that our private school, and of course the headscarves. The private school kids have to wear hats, but the teachers don't