Posted on 01/15/2006 8:45:35 PM PST by Alouette
AN ISLAMIC campaign group has called for a Catholic primary school to be based on the Muslim faith.
The Campaign for Muslim Schools said 90 per cent of pupils at St Albert's Primary, in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow, are Muslim, yet children are having to take part in Catholic rituals like saying the Lord's Prayer and attending mass.
Osama Saeed, co-ordinator of the alliance of Glasgow's main mosques and Muslim organisations, said he could see no reason why the main faith of the school should not change.
He said: "Clearly the parents of that area find a faith school, even if it is of another denomination, preferable to a secular one. But surely it should be possible for them to have one that is relevant to their own faith.
"To move towards this would be a fantastic example of good faith - in more ways than one - on the part of the Church."
The call came just days after Scotland's most senior Catholic, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, sparked controversy by stating that Scotland's core faith was Christianity and that other faiths should recognise they were "living in Scotland as a Christian country". A spokesman for the Catholic Church in Scotland was not available for comment tonight.
"I always thought that Catholic schools only accepted students whose families belong to the local parish church?"
That may have at one time been true, but not in my experience. I'm 48 and I well remember having two protestant girls in my Catholic elementary school. I probably wouldn't remember them so well, but they were identical twins and came from the Coast Guard installation that was then on Governer's Island, NY. All the kids came into Manhattan to go to school, but I guess most went to public school, these two gals came to school at my Catholic School.
In more recent times my daughter went to Catholic schools in Jersey City, many of the kids were protestant or hindus, maybe other religions too. In fact, one of the best features of RC education for me was that you could enroll your child in the school even if you weren't in the parish, either you were catholic and didn't live in that parish, or you weren't catholic at all. You had to pay the "out of parish" tuition, but still this really helped me as a single working mom.
But what the school always told everyone was that they taught the catholic religion. And I say if these muslim folks in scotland want a school that teaches Islam, they should get off their whining butts and start one!
And eats haggis.
If the Muslims have a problem with that then this school is probably not for them.
That said, if the women's auxiliary has a 90% male membership, it's not the women's auxiliary anymore and those responsible for membership ought to have realized this very early in the peace.
With regard to the school, local Catholics have either moved out of the area and abandoned it to the Muslims and/or simply abandoned the faith and ceased sending their children to the Catholic school.
Either way, this is what happens when a Catholic population which dwindles in either fervor and/or numbers is replaced by another religious group which takes itself seriously. If those responsible for admissions to this school had been serious about safeguarding the school's Catholic identity, they would never have allowed this situation to develop.
Well, who couldn't see this one coming?
Catholic parochial schools tend to be oversubscribed, and give priority to Catholic parents, but I know Jews who have sent their children to Catholic schools.
Huh? I don't get the logic.
Not so, but why would any parent who has problems with Catholic doctrine send their children to a Catholic school? If the faculty of the Catholic school had tried to convert their Muslim charges to Catholicism, I would not be at all surprised to hear that some jihadist organization had leveled the building during a school day......
Typically they accept anyone who can pay the freight.
why don't the peculiar peckerheads learn catholocism and fit in to the world they have chosen to live in.
I never even heard of that.
The catholic schools near me, allow students of any religion to enroll, and not only that, allow them to opt out of the religion classes.
Mostly financial reasons come into play.
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In a pig's eye!
Of course, this IS the United Kingdom so any form of tomfoolery is possible, maybe even likely.
The idea that mudslimes, the followers of mohammud (may piss be upon him), are populating the land of my ancestors makes me ill. The Scots have always been very much ALIVE! I pray they will reject this black rock-god death cult and chase them from their shores before it is too late.
I am not optimistic...
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You know what, 43north?
Like it or not, you have just made a friend..."me".
Nope, although Catholics and members of the local parish generally get a price break.
But this Muslim thing, is absolutely ridiculous! If the Muslims in Scotland want their kids to go to a Muslim school, they should open one themselves!
I think it's time the catholic church went on the offensive with the pope leading the way. I understand the whole "turn the other cheek" thing but this is ridiculous. I'm not saying restart the crusades but rolling over and taking it up the a$$ has got to stop. Islam is not a religion. It is a cult that preaches hate and intolerance.
I saa no reason why this sheethead should be living amongst infidels. It woul;d behoove him to leave for the closest jihadistan.
Not shocked at all considering western europe keeps the 3rd world immigration flood gates open.
40% of kids in urban parochial schools are non-Catholic. In urban areas in the US, they are often the only schools where they can get an education at a reasonable price.
Just another stark example of the declining influence of Christianity throughout Europe, and the rise of Islam. Like the stories we have seen posted from time to time of "Christian" facilities in Europe like churches and schools being converted to mosques.
HOw soon till Notre Dame is turned into a mosque?
I give it 30 years.
Then they would be executed.
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