Muslim camel's nose inside door of "Catholic" school

You know the old saw about the camel's nose coming inside the tent. Well, it's happened in yet another Canadian school, this time a so-called "Catholic" high school in London. (That's the other London, not the big Third World city.)

Walt should explain that owing to a provision in Canada's first constitution -- the British North America Act -- the province of Ontario is unique in North America in having two publicly funded school systems, the so-called "public" system and the so-called "Catholic" schools. You might think there would be a big difference between the two, as between public schools and parochial schools in the USA, but you would be wrong. Since the Catholic schools are paid for out of the public purse, they are subject to the same rules as the public schools, meaning they have to accept all students, Catholic or not.

Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in London ON has about 1400 students. Some two dozen of them are Muslims who for some reason have chosen to attend a Catholic school in spite of all those crucifixes in the classrooms and other trappings of infidelity. [Are you sure they still have crucifixes in the rooms? Ed.]

Being good followers of the prophet, the Muslims have asked for their own prayer room, in which to point their bums skyward five times a day, and possibly plot demonstrations against America at other times. And sure enough, in a display of the politeness and political correctness for which Canadians are famous, the Catholic school board agreed.

An Islamic prayer room is under construction even as I write. Carpet will soon cover the tile flooring, speakers will be installed and prayer mats purchased to provide the school's Muslim students with "a quiet and private place to pray.... They're members of our school community. We want to ensure that all our students feel welcome, that they feel that they belong," said the school's principal, Ana Paula Fernandes.

Sorry, Ms Fernandes, but Muslims are not and cannot be members of the Catholic community. Like Judaism and Christianity, Islam is an Abrahamic religion, but, like the Jews, Muslims reject the core principles of Catholicism: the Virgin Birth, and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the salvation of "many" (not "all").

In a word, Muslims are non-believers in Christianity, and they reject (to put it mildly) Christians who are, by definition, non-believers in Islam. The notion that all religions lead to the same God, and all will be saved as long as they believe in something is heretical. The false "ecumenism" of the "new and improved" Catholic Church does not change that dogma, proclaimed centuries ago.

As for the "Catholic" school board and "Catholic" principal, they are guilty of the vilest pandering to a vocal minority, presumably to prove how sensitive Catholics are to the needs of others, and how much they value and "celebrate diversity".

Let me ask, if you're going to establish mosques and synagogues and gay clubhouses within "Catholic" schools, how much longer will it be before we see these abominations within "Catholic" parish halls and church buildings?

I have to stop writing now. I'm physically sick!