It would appear that some Islamic schools in Holland are using their multicultural right to educate children the old fashioned way. With a cane. Crosscream, One of Hollands national treasures, has translated this article from the Dutch press:
Parents report improper conduct
Getting beaten during quran school
By Eric de Brouwer and Gerda Frankenhuis, freely translated by Ahcim/Cross
Rotterdam This month a young child was physically abused during Koran lessons in the city of Rotterdam. The pupil was beaten with a stick by one of the employees of an Islamic school, the man who beat the child arranges the lessons outside official school hours.
Because of the incident in Rotterdam, the previous abuses that where discovered in a mosque school in Den Hague do not seem to be an independent affliction anymore. The parliament has assigned the GGD (concerns public and mental health) to do research on physical abuse in Quranic schools in the larger cities. Though the incident is over 1.5 months old, the incident has only recently been reported. The mayor and his assistance have given report of the incident after the VVD asked questions.
One of the spokespersons of the county of Rotterdam-city said that the beating did not happen during school, but was done by someone who was not an official teacher, but hired to give the children extra quranic lessons.
”The school leadership did well reporting this incident to the GGD” said the municipal spokesperson, ”the employee in question received a reprisal”. The GGD does not believe that the school was at fault, ”because they reported the incident” says Denis Wiering, team leader youthpolicy of the GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond.
The GGD passed the information on to the AMK (child abuse) of the bureau for youthcare. Chief executive officer René Meuwissen of the bureau for youthcare said, ”we have had talks concerning the incident, but as of yet the parents do not want to press charges”, the AMK did not do research on the child home situation because of yet there have been not any reported abuses within the family. The local Rotterdam-municipality alderman of education Lamers (Christiandemocrats), told use that he has not intention of banning schools of renting space to other organisations
* Take into account not all legal, judicial or political terms are translated correctly.
I fail to see what anyone has to complain about. I’d beat any kid learning the koran too.