If the roles had been reversed, and the Muslim boy had been forced to kiss the feet of the Jewish boy, which would never happen and should never happen, do you think no one would have apologized or been held accountable? Neither do I. But Australian authorities, desperately afraid of being labeled “Islamophobia,” kowtow once again.
“No Apology Received for ‘My Son’s Torture,’ Mother of Australian Jewish Boy Subjected to Antisemitic Bullying Tells Hearing,” Algemeiner, June 10, 2020 (thanks to Jill):
The mother of an Australian Jewish boy who was subjected to extreme antisemitic bullying at an elite private school in Melbourne has revealed that the family has yet to receive an apology for his ordeal.
“The outcome for us in real terms, has been nothing. Nothing,” the unnamed mother told a public hearing set up by the educational authorities in the state of Victoria to probe the bullying claims. “I find it incomprehensible that my son endured six months of racial and religious torture and no one has apologized or been held accountable.”
The 12-year-old boy was subjected to several months of antisemitic abuse at the prestigious Cheltenham Secondary College that began with an incident in which he was forced to kiss the shoes of a Muslim fellow-student.
Interviewed by The Australian Jewish News (AJN) last October, the boy’s mother revealed that her son had been lured into a public park by fellow students who invited him to play football.
As soon as he arrived, the AJN reported, he was presented with an ultimatum: Bow down and kiss the feet of a Muslim child, or face the threat of violence by the nine other 12 and 13-year-olds.
Vastly outnumbered, the student complied. The incident was photographed, filmed and posted on Instagram.
In the ensuing months, the student was also subjected to antisemitic slurs including “Jewish ape,” “Jewish n****r” and “Jewish gimp.” He was followed home from school daily, and physically assaulted in the school corridor by an assailant who called him “a cooked up Jewish c__.”
His mother told last Thursday’s hearing that she had feared for her son’s life in the six-week period after he left Cheltenham Secondary College and began at a new school….