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Canadian school district cancels speech by ISIS rape survivor,
Nobel winner over 'Islamophobia' fears: report
ISIS sold Murad into sex slavery when she was 14
By Andrew Mark Miller | Fox News
A woman who lived through kidnapping and sexual slavery at the hands of ISIS had an event cancelled by a Canadian school board due to fears of "Islamophobia."
Twenty-eight-year-old Nadia Murad was scheduled to visit with students from 600 different schools to speak about her upcoming book, "The Last Girl: My Story Of Captivity," which documents the horrific treatment she suffered from ISIS but was told by the Toronto School District that her event could not be held because it could "foster Islamophobia", according to the Telegraph.
Nadia has been featured in this blog before. She is Yazidi and was one of thousands of Yazidi girls who were captured and used as slaves and sex slaves while being traded among ISIS fighters.
She, and others like her have been tortured more than enough, but now the TSB sees fit to torture them some more by preventing their stories of incredible suffering from being told in schools. What is it about the truth that the TSB doesn't like?
ISIS widows living in the Ein Essa displacement camp face an uncertain future. (Hollie McKay/Fox News)
The decision to cancel the event was made by Toronto School Board Superintendent Helen Fisher, who argued that the book could be viewed as offensive to Muslims. The Toronto District School Board is Canada's largest, and the fourth largest in North America.
Murad’s book tells how she escaped the Islamic State after being taken from her home and sold into sexual slavery where she was raped and tortured at the age of 14.
At least one district parent, who identified herself as Tanya Lee, has criticized the school district for the move.
June 28, 2014: This image made from undated video posted on a social media account frequently used for communications by the ISIS, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Abu Umar al-Shishani standing next to the group's spokesman among a group of fighters as they declare the elimination of the border between Iraq and Syria. (AP)
"This is what the Islamic State means. It is a terrorist organization. It has nothing to do with ordinary Muslims. The Toronto school board should be aware of the difference," Lee said.
Murad won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 and founded Nadia's Initiative, through which she is a leading advocate for survivors of sexual exploitation and genocide.
There must be more than one parent complaining as the TSB appears to be walking back the cancellation.
In a statement to Fox News Digital on Sunday, the Toronto District School Board said the event is not yet canceled and Murad's book is being reviewed.
"The event has not been cancelled," spokesman Ryan Bird told Fox. "Earlier this month, an opinion that did not reflect the position of the Toronto District School Board was shared with the organizer of a book club prior to staff having an opportunity to read the book – something that is routinely done before giving them to students. Staff are currently reading the book and anticipate being able to add it to the list of titles used in the corresponding course(s) very shortly. We have apologized to Ms. Murad for this error and believe she has a powerful story to share with our students."
School bullies will be JAILED for up to TEN YEARS
under new proposals in France
By KATIE FEEHAN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 13:32 EST, 1 December 2021
School bullies whose victim commits suicide or attempts to take their own life could be jailed for up ten years under new plans being considered by French lawmakers.
The country's parliament began examining the draft law today and the proposals won support from Education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.
As well as increasing resources for prevention and education, the legislation would create a new crime of 'school bullying' if passed.
The offence would carry a maximum three-year jail term and a fine of up to 45,000 euros, depending on the severity of the case and the age of the culprit.
In cases that involved the victim committing suicide, or attempting to, the punishment could be up to 10 years in prison.
School bullies whose victim commits suicide or attempts to take their own life could be jailed for up ten years under new plans being considered by French lawmakers. It comes after a handful of shocking deaths in France this year including the death of a 14-year-old girl found in this spot of the Seine in Paris (pictured) after she was allegedly murdered by her classmates
It is expected the majority of lawmakers from President Emmanuel Macron's ruling coalition and the right-wing Republicans party will back the proposals.
'We will never accept the lives of our children being shattered,' Blanquer said during a debate, calling the draft law 'a way of enforcing the values of the republic'.
Several bullying cases that have ended in tragedy have made headlines in France this year, including the suicide of a 14-year-old girl in the eastern Alsace region in October who was harassed after she confessed to classmates that she was gay.
In March, the body of another 14-year-old girl, identified only as Alisha, was found in the river Seine in Paris.
She had suffered severe bullying from fellow pupils after photos of her in her underwear were stolen from her phone.
She was then allegedly attacked and murdered by two teenagers who were arrested afterwards.
Left-wing opponents of the government criticised the proposed law.
Sabine Rubin from the France Unbowed party called it a 'illusionary and demagogic over-reaction.'
'We are not in favour of criminalising minors and increasing repression,' Michele Victory, an MP from the Socialist party, said ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary debate. Bullying can already be prosecuted in France under laws criminalising harassment, opponents say.
Erwan Balanant, an MP from the centrist MoDem party who drafted the legislation, said the law would have 'a pedagogic value.'
'The idea is to engage with the whole of society,' he said.
As many as one in ten French school pupils suffer from bullying at some time, surveys show, and experts say the age-old problem has changed in nature because of mobile phones and social networks which often cause public humiliation for victims.
France's first lady, Brigitte Macron, who is a former teacher, has made combating bullying a focus of her charity work since 2017.
Chris Cuomo: CNN fires presenter over help he gave politician brother
Or, how to take success and smash it into a million pieces in 2 easy lessons
US anchor Chris Cuomo has been fired by CNN for help he gave his brother, ex-New York governor Andrew Cuomo, while he was battling harassment allegations.
The decision came after CNN said additional information had emerged over the extent of Chris Cuomo's involvement in his older brother's defence.
Andrew Cuomo resigned in August after prosecutors said he had harassed staff.
Chris Cuomo, 51, said in a statement that he was disappointed and it was "not how I want my time at CNN to end".
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