The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is the largest school board in Canada and the fourth largest in North America, with over 246,000 students. It has rightly earned a special place on Jihad Watch for several reasons. Among them: its antisemitic propaganda and its definition of “Islamophobia” in an Islamic Heritage Month guidebook as “fear, prejudice, hatred or dislike directed against Islam or Muslims, or towards Islamic politics or culture.” At the time, the definition was rightly condemned by B’nai Brith and subsequently “revised,” but there was no concrete followup, so no one really knows exactly how it was revised, if at all, or just simply put aside until an opportune time (such as now). The TDSB is back in the news again for “developing and implementing a new comprehensive strategy to combat Islamophobia in schools.” How they intend to do it and what guide they intend to follow to define “Islamophobia” are at issue now. The impending strategy is no surprise, however, given that Canada has installed an “Islamophobia czar” to whip Canadians into shape if anyone commits an act of “Islamophobia,” a supposed offense of “racism.”
The woke invariably use a set of buzzwords to make it look as though everyone supports them, when most actually do not, but have been bullied into silence. Take for instance, what TDSB Chair Rachel Chernos Lin stated in a news release:
We have heard directly from our communities and have the data to show that Islamophobia continues to impact our students and staff on a regular basis. By taking a focused approach to confronting Islamophobia, we enable more members of our school communities to feel safe and welcome at school and work.
Of course, they only consulted and collaborated with those who claim to represent communities that belong to the woke, lucrative “anti-racism” industry, which pushes a one-sided brand of “diversity.” According to TDSB vice chair Neethan Sheehan:
Hate crimes against members of the Muslim community have been on the rise in Canada. Many trustees, parents, students, community organizations and advocates have raised concerns around incidents of Islamophobia. These incidents have a significant impact on students and their families in the TDSB requiring a more tailored action plan to help support them.
No one should suffer as a result of his or her race or religious beliefs. Most would agree on that point. So on that very notion of hate directed toward religion, race and identity, there are a few simple questions: what if a Christian does not support the use of correct pronouns, drag queen reading time for kids, or abortion? How much hate might that Christian endure if he or she is vocal about this opposition? Or what if a Jew wore a Star of David or Israeli flag on a t-shirt to school? How might he or she be received? We may never know the full answers to these questions, since Christians and the Jews have largely been bullied into silence or compliance, but it isn’t difficult to have some idea.
The voices of those who are silenced are the true voices standing against persecution, discrimination and hate. The biggest loudmouths are free to be loudmouths.
We await Canada’s Christian persecution czar and antisemitism czar. We also await the establishment of programs to support Christian and Jewish interests on school boards. Instead, schools have become one-sided and amount to little more than indoctrination camps.
John Allan says
A phobia is an IRRATIONAL fear of something/one!
Few rational non-Muslims FEAR Islam!
Rather … they loathe it, its extremely restrictive requirements, and its extremely bigoted nature.
Not to mention its constant pushing of the Islamic agenda And I’m hardly a practicing Christian – probably because I never progressed beyond the pre-practicing part!
From my perspective, drag queens have their place – just not one that involves kids!
I support abortion – where it is necessary; or where rape is the essence of the equation!
And I’m ALWAYS happy to use the correct pronouns … just not the PC version of correct!
Ray Jarman says
“Instead, schools have become one-sided and amount to little more than indoctrination camps.”
The last sentence of the article sums it up. It reminds me of the internment camps in China of the Uigurs and if the Muslims and their puppet, Trudeau continue, Christians and particularly Jews, will be searching for new homes in other lands. It is as if Marx and Engles’ “Communist Manifesto” is being implemented as we watch and the final act will occur with the Communists and Islamists literally going to war against each other.
Tatanka says
Here is the solution you dumb school board and even dumber fed and prov government.
Send every practicing Muslim back to his country of Origen and ban Islam, burn their books of Satan and flatten their dens of worship.