In other words, it’s your average madrassa.
(Toronto Sun) — Police are investigating a complaint about a Toronto Muslim school whose curriculum tells boys to exercise so they are “ready for jihad,” calls Jews “treacherous” and contrasts Islam with “the Jews and the Nazis.”
“Yes, I can confirm for you that a complaint has been made and our Hate Crimes Unit is investigating,” Acting Sergeant Rebecca Boyd, a York Region Police spokeswoman, told the National Post on Monday.
“However, they are in the early stages of the investigation,” she added.
While the school that prompted the outcry operates out of David and Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute in Toronto, it is linked to an Islamic centre in York region.
The Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre said it had complained to police after finding the material on the website of the East End Madrassah.
“We are looking into it,” said Masuma Jessa, principal of the East End Madrassah.
The Toronto District School Board said it was also looking into the matter.
In a press release Monday, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs complained the madrassa’s curriculum was rife with antisemitic slurs. The document refers to “Jewish plots and treacheries” and calls Jews “crafty.”