I have spoken about this topic before and I think we need to bring up this topic again. This morning I had a childhood friend who passed by and he seemed to be distressed about the way the management and teachers conduct themselves at the Islamic school that his child is in. At the beginning of the year the school was suppose to host a speech contest. A date was set for the preliminary round of the competition and all the students prepared for the event. Guess what, the event got cancelled as the grandson of a so called wealthy prominent member of society was gone overseas with his parents. The event was rescheduled to when the child returned and a member of the teaching staff assisted him with his speech as well. Naturally the young man was chosen to be a part of the competition. At the actual event that occurred at a community hall, a little girl won the actual competition whereby the grandfather of the little boy walked out of the event and decided to put up a show as to why his grandson did not win. It is so ironic that we tell ourselves our kids are in the Islamic school yet these kids are taught values and etiquette that is totally against Islamic norm. Another mom who frequents the pharmacy told me that her child was stigmatized and mocked at by her class mates as she does not arrive at school with a posh vehicle like the other kids. The child suffered from depression and eventually needed the assistance of a psychologist. When she approached the school management for assistance, she was told that its not their problem. If a child has money and is from a wealthy family, that child is automatically placed on a pedestal by the teachers and staff of the school. This kind of behaviour disgusts me to the core and I have witnessed this many many times over. There are many kids at these Islamic schools who lead dual lives. Log into their instagram accounts, they are posing half naked with their boyfriends and yet the image they create to the world is one of a good Muslim child. I have said this before and I will say this again, I do not condone Islamic schools and this is my opinion. My friend now agrees with me and believes that his child needs to rather move to a good model C school or a private school whereby the child is acknowledged based on hard work and merit as opposed to the child's family name. He also believes that it will be in the child's best interests to be able to interact with different types of people and races in a mixed gendered school where the child can also partake in extra curricular activities thereby acquiring other skills that will assist the child later on in life.The favouritism and politics that occurs within these so called Islamic schools needs to stop.Wearing Islamic attire everyday to school does not make you a Muslim Why should one child be more privileged than the other simply because of the family name or simply because the child's family donates money to the school. Is this kind of a sick disgusting mentality a part of Islamic values?
