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?

[Anonymous]

An "Oops Moment" Julia:

yes lol.  immediately pointed out by 

four posters   

[debra9275]

I think it's great that the parents and other Muslim leaders are taking a stance against the board she-ele. Good on them.

and it does show me that not all Muslims are evil extremists

[Anonymous]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I think it's great that the parents and other Muslim leaders are taking a stance against the board she-ele. Good on them.

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yes.  i dont see it as the media targetting 

muslims in this case.

[debra9275]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

An "Oops Moment" Julia:

yes lol.  immediately pointed out by 

four posters   

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Perhaps becase it was such a big Ooops moment? Lol

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:

Why aren't the exclusive Brethern targeted in the news, like the Muslims are?. They don't believe in having any 'outside' influences in the home (or businesses they own), radio, TV, internet all banned. Children go home at lunchtime from school if possible, as they aren't allowed to eat in front of non-Bretherns.

They build their own schools in communities as well.

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How is the Isalmic College being targetted? It made the news because students and parents were protesting!

From the article in the OP:

In a statement on the college website, administrator Zulfiquar Ali said the board and school staff were disappointed by the protests and urged parents to consider the ramifications of their actions for the college and the welfare and safety of their children.

“We were disturbed that some parents actively encouraged their children to participate in the protest,” the statement said, in relation to previous action. “Those engaging in this will face disciplinary action.”

 The teacher said the school used to have choirs performing in the local community but the demise of the music program was symbolic of a change to a stricter form of Islam.

“They don’t sing the national anthem anymore (and) we used to sing it every week,’’ she said.

“They have a piano hidden in the school because it’s ‘evil’.”

She said her dismissal was typical of the board’s behaviour, which has recently began marching staff off school grounds under the watch of security guards"

Still think it's not true?

[icyfroth]

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@debra9275 wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

An "Oops Moment" Julia:

yes lol.  immediately pointed out by 

four posters   

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Perhaps becase it was such a big Ooops moment? Lol

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Seized upon with great alacrity and magnified out of proportion by those that take delight in other ppls mistakes.

[icyfroth]

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@am*3 wrote:

Yawnies.

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In answer to yourself?

I suppose I'd bore myself too if I were you.

[debra9275]

Well it was a pretty big Oops moment... Julia was inferring that female teachers were being discriminated against which isn't true

it's more about the board of the school being too extreme and parents and muslim leaders protesting/speaking out about it

[debra9275]

And that was an Oops moment from me as I double posted 😃

[debra9275]

The exclusive brethren Am?  Only very occaionally  someone breaks awaay and you hear something about them. Very secretive sect. A bit intimidatory of those who talk I believe.