Muslim students allowed to take daggers to school

[topher5150]

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJBK) - A Detroit-area district says Sikh students are permitted to wear a small, religious dagger to school.

The decision by the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools reverses a ban put in place in December after a fourth-grader at a Canton Township elementary school was found with a dull, 3- to 5-inch kirpan.

FOX 2's Robin Schwartz reports the kirpan represents a commitment to fight evil . After males are baptized, members of the faith, which originated in South Asia in the 15th century, are expected to carry the symbol all the time.

The principal initially let the boy keep the kirpan, but the school board instituted a ban because of parental concerns and conflicts with the district's rules against bringing weapons to school.

-The Associated Press contributed to this report


http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/new...istrict-allows-ceremonial-dagger-20110201-mr#

 

[taylor414ce2003]

are we talking a real kirpan or a tiny version of them ? They do Look far more deadly than a swiss army knife!!!!!
.http://www.google.com/images?client...itle&resnum=2&ved=0CEAQsAQwAQ&biw=955&bih=614

 

[topher5150]

it says a 3-5 inch Kirpan, not really the point though. There were a couple of stories over the past couple of years where Boy Scouts got suspended for bringing a pocket knife on school property, and now the school board is saying that if you are a Muslim you wont get in any trouble for bringing a dagger to school because it's part of your religious beliefs, which brings up another point kids are getting sent home for wearing crucifixes, or other Christian religious symbols. Where's the fairness

 

[taylor414ce2003]

no fairness..one law for them and one for the rest of us citizens.

 

[Aquabrit]

The article is about Sikhs, not Muslims. As far as I'm aware, they are completely different. Never had a problem with Sikhs. However, I'll agree that there shouldn't be different rules for different people - no equality there.