Karnal wrote on May 16
th, 2015 at 2:19pm:
They don’t play the piano because it’s evil?
Oh. It’s a News Ltd article. That explains it.
I was about to write a strident condemnation of fundamentalist knucklehead party-poopers until I realised this is probably made up.
Intelligence and integrity again, I’m afraid.
Lazy and stupid PB.
The South Australian government says there's not much it can do in response to concerns over stricter practices introduced at an Adelaide Islamic school.
Source: AAP15 MAY 2015 - 1:31 PM UPDATED YESTERDAY 5:28 PM
The South Australian government admits it has limited power to act on concerns over stricter practices introduced at an Islamic school in Adelaide.
About 100 people gathered outside the Islamic College of SA on Friday calling for the school board to be sacked.
According to reports, the college has scrapped the singing of the national anthem, banned the playing of the piano on the grounds it is evil and stopped boys and girls sharing corridors among a range of new measures.
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has raised concerns, writing to both the state government and the principal.
But South Australian Education Minister Susan Close says provided the school is teaching the appropriate curriculum there is not much the government can do.
"Everyone cares about the children involved here," she said on Friday.
"But this is their issue. They are an independent organisation that chooses to run a school."
Ms Close said she had written to the board responsible for approving the school's registration and to the teacher registration board raising her concerns.
She has also written to the school principal.
Mr Pyne said the federal government took the issue very seriously.
"Obviously we want our children to get a sensible and secular education. Not an eduction that points them in a direction that we don't want them to go," he said.
In a statement on the college website, administrator Zulfiquar Ali said the school board and staff were disappointed with the ongoing 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."
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