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Islamic group urges Catholic school to move to Muslim faith
The Scotsman ^ | Jan. 16, 2006 | Hilary Duncanson

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.


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To: Alouette

"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!


21 posted on 01/15/2006 9:08:16 PM PST by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: AmeriBrit

And eats haggis.


22 posted on 01/15/2006 9:08:39 PM PST by Alouette (The Anti-Borg - You Will NOT be Assimilated!)
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To: Alouette
If the shingle outside says "Catholic" then Muslims who apply to enter the school do so with the full understanding that Catholic doctrine and practices will be taught.

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.

23 posted on 01/15/2006 9:10:53 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: Alouette

Well, who couldn't see this one coming?


24 posted on 01/15/2006 9:14:17 PM PST by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: Alouette

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.


25 posted on 01/15/2006 9:19:33 PM PST by presidio9 (Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes.)
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To: Alouette

Huh? I don't get the logic.


26 posted on 01/15/2006 9:22:38 PM PST by Lorianne
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To: Alouette

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......


27 posted on 01/15/2006 9:22:42 PM PST by tracer
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To: Alouette

Typically they accept anyone who can pay the freight.


28 posted on 01/15/2006 9:24:12 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (Democrats value the privacy of terrorists higher than the lives of Americans.)
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To: Awestruck

why don't the peculiar peckerheads learn catholocism and fit in to the world they have chosen to live in.


29 posted on 01/15/2006 9:27:22 PM PST by mathurine (ua)
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To: Alouette
I always thought that Catholic schools only accepted students whose families belong to the local parish church?

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.

30 posted on 01/15/2006 9:41:42 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: 43north

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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".


31 posted on 01/15/2006 9:44:09 PM PST by the final gentleman
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To: Alouette

Nope, although Catholics and members of the local parish generally get a price break.


32 posted on 01/15/2006 9:45:27 PM PST by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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To: Alouette
No, Catholic schools have accepted children of other faiths, for many years and in many different countries. But most Catholic schools, in America, used to have more than enough Catholic children, so that they didn't accept many, if any, children of other faiths. That's changed here, long ago, because of demographics.

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!

33 posted on 01/15/2006 9:45:58 PM PST by nopardons
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To: Alouette

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.


34 posted on 01/15/2006 9:48:34 PM PST by rfreedom4u (Native Texan)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

I saa no reason why this sheethead should be living amongst infidels. It woul;d behoove him to leave for the closest jihadistan.


35 posted on 01/15/2006 10:16:43 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Not shocked at all considering western europe keeps the 3rd world immigration flood gates open.



36 posted on 01/15/2006 10:22:23 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: Alouette

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.


37 posted on 01/15/2006 10:25:25 PM PST by Roy Tucker
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To: Alouette
It's the money.

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.

38 posted on 01/15/2006 10:32:44 PM PST by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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To: Salem

HOw soon till Notre Dame is turned into a mosque?

I give it 30 years.


39 posted on 01/15/2006 10:40:09 PM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: mathurine

Then they would be executed.


40 posted on 01/15/2006 10:46:19 PM PST by moog
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