Sydney: Schoolboy Attacked for Eating Salami Sandwich During Ramadan

by sheikyermami on November 13, 2009

The Daily Telegraph

Cultural Enrichment News:

Salami

Helen Grigoriou comforts her son Antonios who was allegedly beaten by Muslim students at his school.

A SYDNEY couple has withdrawn their two children from a public primary school, claiming their 11-year-old son was bullied by Muslim students because he ate a salami sandwich during Ramadan.

Andrew Grigoriou said yesterday he complained to the school and to police after his son Antonios was chased and later assaulted by Muslim students after a confrontation over the contents of his lunch, The Daily Telegraphreports.

Antonios, a Year 5 student of Greek-Australian background at Punchbowl Public School in Sydney’s southwest, said he and a friend had to be locked inside the library for an hour after being chased by a group of Muslim boys offended by his choice of food while they were fasting.

The Grigoriou family said the following exchange took place:

Muslim student to Antonios: “Why are you eating ham, it’s Ramadan?”


Antonios: “My mum packed this for lunch today.”

Muslim student: “Don’t eat that. How can you eat pig, it’s disgusting.”

During the confrontation a Muslim boy allegedly accused Antonios of saying: “F— the Muslims” but Antonios denied swearing.

Mr Grigoriou said he removed his son and a younger child from the school on Tuesday after the boy was punched in the eye and kicked in the legs by a Muslim student.

“It has broken my heart to see this happening to my boy,” he said. Antonios, who wrote about his experiences in words and drawings, still has nightmares.

The Department of Education and Training said it had a zero tolerance policy towards racism.

“Claims of bullying or racial intolerance are taken very seriously and looked into,” a spokeswoman said. “The School Education Director is looking into the matter and called the father concerned.

“As a result … the school will work with all families and students involved to ensure that the values promoted by Punchbowl Public School and the department are understood and supported.”

After the salami sandwich incident a student described as “the ringleader of the group” was suspended from the school. The department said that the school had “ongoing cultural and interfaith awareness programs to improve understanding among students of events like Ramadan and Christmas”.

Other parents also complained to The Daily Telegraph about bullying at the school and claimed victims received too little protection.

One said her 12-year-old son was scared to open his lunch box at school because he was harassed about what is in it. “He has been bullied from day one … about being a Christian and about the hot salami in his lunch,” she said.

“My boy has a Greek background … the bullying is extreme.

“He has been called a fat pig and hit on the back with a stick.”

Another mother said her young son refused to go on school excursions for fear he would be bashed.

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Mullah Lodabullah November 13, 2009 at 5:27 am

“Asylum seekers” take control of Customs vessels & bring the elected government to total shutdown; muslim thugs take over public schools and the authorities respond with weasel words …

“As a result … the school will work with all families and students involved to ensure that the values promoted by Punchbowl Public School and the department are understood and supported.”

sleevage.com/the-mothers-of-invention-weasels-ripped-my-flesh

Mullah Lodabullah November 13, 2009 at 5:48 am

Oh, and is the “muslim community” bracing for a “backlash”?

Arius November 13, 2009 at 5:56 am

Would that there would be a backlash.

An Infidel November 13, 2009 at 6:47 am

Once again we see the weakness of Islam. Instead of having the strength to ignore the poor Infidel eating his little lunch and garner inner strength from their fasting. The Muslim morons had to resort to gang violence (not one on one the gutless cowards). Ahh the “religion” of ignorance and total stupidity does it again.

sheikyermami November 13, 2009 at 7:40 am

Sorry infidel, I’m afraid you got that wrong:

Its not about the “strength to ignore the poor Infidel eating his little lunch” its about whacking the infidel into submission. That’s what the Islamic ideology teaches….

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YUSUFALI: Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

Got it?

kaw November 13, 2009 at 7:41 am

Please write to school requesting expulsion of the muslim scum.

Abu Abdullah November 13, 2009 at 9:02 am

Them Greeks had better start re-learning their long history of oppression by the slaves of Allah and join in the fight to push Islam out of Australia.

theresaj November 13, 2009 at 9:31 am

The thug at the centre of this has been suspended ..why hasn’t he been expelled?

Mullah Lodabullah November 13, 2009 at 1:00 pm

The destruction of a culture from within:
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Unity in Diversity

[Our cluster project is about placing values education at the core of teaching and learning across our cluster schools. The cluster sees values education as being important to our communities because the students in our schools come from a diversity of backgrounds and represent a microcosm of Australian society where there is already much awareness of difference. Students in this region have an extraordinary opportunity to explore values education in an intercultural and global context through sharing what they know and to learn from others. The cluster therefore aims to bring students together across independent (Malek Fahd Islamic College, Arkana College Primary School) and public school sectors (Cronulla Sth Public School, Punchbowl Public School, Punchbowl Boys High School), and across primary and high school contexts, so that we can dialogue and build an understanding of our responsibilities in intercultural, local, national and global contexts.]

cronullas-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/values

Back in the days before we “dialogued”, we took part in school assemblies and recited the following:

I am an Australian
I love my country
I salute her flag
I honour her queen
I promise to obey her laws

The good old days.

Mullah Lodabullah November 13, 2009 at 1:08 pm

Punchbowl Public School on Facebook:

facebook.com/group.php?gid=4234128081

You know you’re from Punchbowl Public School when:

* There were more than 10 kids called Mouhamad in your school and at least one in your grade every year

* You can list at least 10 Arabic first names

* You know what Ramadan is (even if you don’t celebrate it)

* You know swear words in Arabic (even if you don’t speak the language)

Aussie November 13, 2009 at 2:41 pm

I don’t think you have done this “infidel” and his mother any favours showing these pictures, they are easily identifiable and as such I am sure they will be already targeted by the members of the “Religion of Peace”

Yours faithfully,
Aussie.

Mullah Lodabullah November 13, 2009 at 5:34 pm

Another good video on YouTube via Vlad Tepes – has some historical Pauline Hanson / Cronulla footage, but is mostly current following Kevin Andrews’ concerns on muslim enclaves – Sydney rapidly falling to allah & his false prophet…

“Ozzie Enclaves” – youtube.com/watch?v=sOV7SaxLoKc&feature=sub

An Infidel November 13, 2009 at 10:05 pm

Sorry Sheik I was trying to prove one of Islams many religous weakness by pointing out that, say for instance that the hair shirt mentality is very much lacking. They are always saying that they are itchy but they are only wearing an ordinary old singlet.

cptn cnstnnt November 14, 2009 at 4:39 am

obvious you shouldnt be going to school in punchbowl if you cant toughen up princess..

Joshua November 18, 2009 at 4:08 am

A child should be able to eat whatever he wants, how would muslims act if we told one of there children to wear no burkas, All cultures are great but its about time muslims rememebred why there moved here in the first place,because they dont like there country’s.so your in Australia.ACT LIKE IT

Josh November 20, 2009 at 4:10 am

I’m really quite disappointed in how this situation is being handled. Had it happened the other way around- i.e. the boy of Australian/Greek descent bullying the Muslim kids for what they eat or do not eat- I would most certainly guarantee that he would have been expelled. The amount of leeway the Muslim population is being given on account of being a “minority” and their rights to express and believe in their religion is huge.

Consider this- if an Australian family moved to a predominantly Muslim country I doubt very much that they would make exception for them on account of their religious and cultural background. Why should we make EVERY allowance for them when they come here- either legally or illegally? Sure, we pride ourselves on being a country of freedom- but at what cost?

Cultural Diversity works both ways- if they aren’t prepared to live alongside us and at least respect how we live, they should not be here. And that goes for everyone- not just the Islamic community

wtf? November 25, 2009 at 11:29 pm

WTF is wrong with you guys???
these are yr 5 kids!!! how the hell can they represent “the weakness of islam”. “expulsion of the muslim scum”. what happened to educating children, disciplining them, etc. all i can say is …WTF???

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