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Related: About this forumA Muslim’s Plea to Pull His Kids from Music Class Was Rightly Denied by a Toronto School District
September 10, 2016
by Hemant Mehta
The Toronto District School Board in Canada requires elementary school students to take a music class, a move that one Muslim parent, Mohammad Nouman Dasu, believes goes against his religion.
Hes spent years trying to get his three children out of the class, but the District would only offer accommodations (like allowing the kids to clap their hands instead of singing or playing instruments). They werent going to be exempted from learning about music entirely.
So now, a member of Dasus family will pick the kids up during music class and drop them back at school when classes resume.
We here believe that music is haram (forbidden). We can neither listen to it, nor can we play a role in it, said the mosques imam, Kasim Ingar.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/09/10/a-muslims-plea-to-pull-his-kids-from-music-class-was-rightly-denied-by-a-toronto-school-district/
3catwoman3
(24,176 posts)...move to music, typically with delighted facial expressions, I find it sad that any religion bans the enjoyment of music. What a deprived existence.
Igel
(35,408 posts)And later he managed to chow down on dog biscuits.
He also would from time to time put his hand in his diaper (for what reason, I know not) and a minute or two later suck his thumb.
Typically with delighted facial expression.
If you want to argue that what kids do instinctively must be right, I look forward to the FDA's recommendations on the proper ways to serve dirt. Or revising the guidelines to say that fingering your crotch and sucking your thumb is good hygiene.
Music's good or it isn't, but this isn't an argument for or against its goodness (or lack thereof).
jonno99
(2,620 posts)Admiring the innocence of children? Well, that is another thing entirely.
3catwoman3
(24,176 posts)I was making no such broad brush argument. The other behaviors could be deleterious and there would be reasons to put a stop to them.
I see no harm from enjoying music.
Cartoonist
(7,330 posts)And dogs are friends
Jim__
(14,102 posts)... what side of the question our religious liberty advocates would be on. If they truly support religious liberty to the extent they claim, they should be on Dasu's side; but, I doubt they would be.
jonno99
(2,620 posts)I imagine it probably varies by district.
rug
(82,333 posts)I wonder if mandatory music classes are common in elementary schools. It wasn't for me, a long time ago.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)to attend a music class, if the student had a religious objection
elleng
(131,629 posts)and he explained:
'In Hanfi sect, the one practiced by Saudi rulers, of in Salfi, folk who think, and practice that Music, the muse of Great Dionysia lead of other major sins.'
This is clearly not the case throughout Islam.
rug
(82,333 posts)There are a few Christian groups who don't use music in services but I don't know any that eschew music completely.
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