"Religious Accommodation...Benefits All Faiths"--What Bollocks!

After reading this post over at BCF, I decided to take a look at info pertaining to the TDSB and Islam. It was then that I happened on this--a doc I hadn't seen before wherein the TDSB tries to justify the presence of a mosqueteria in one of its middle schools by presenting positive feed-back from various groups.

Mind-bogglingly, the line quoted above was uttered by the outfit which fancies itself to be the official spokesgroup of Canadian Jewry:

Comments from the Community:  

Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association July 15, 2011    

The Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association (CMLA) applauds the decision of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) to permit private prayer for one half-hour each week in a designated space at Valley Park Middle School. This sign of tolerance and respect allows students of the Muslim faith to avoid having to leave school premises to attend the once weekly congregational prayer, which is an essential part of the Islamic faith, and ensures that they can return to class safely and in a timely fashion.      

The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) July 6, 2011    

We wholeheartedly praise the TDSB for taking a principled stand to protect the religious accommodation of Muslim youngsters at Valley Park Middle School. The accommodation made is in line with Federal and Provincial human rights laws which make it clear that service providers, including public schools, must accommodate religious needs to the point of undue hardship.    This accommodation fulfills the objective of ensuring the educational requirements of students are not impeded by their desire to fulfill any religious observance and is essential to the emotional, spiritual, and academic well-being of Muslim students. Furthermore, this measure in no way imposes this accommodation on other groups or restricts their rights to make any request for religious accommodation that they deem appropriate.   

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs    

Religious accommodation in the school system, while not an absolute and unqualified right, benefits all faiths.  The principle of reasonable religious accommodation is enshrined in Canada's national and provincial human rights legislation.  

  
Toronto Area Interfaith Council October 25, 2011    

The Toronto Area Interfaith Council supports the Toronto District School Board and theValley Park Middle School in the religious accommodation of Muslim students by providing space for Friday prayers. We note that such accommodation accords with national and provincial human rights legislation; it seeks to ensure that educational requirements are not compromised by the fulfillment of religious obligations; and it does not impose any constraints, religious or otherwise, on any of the students.   

Freaking stupid dhimmis.