Canadian authorities decided an incident in which teachers praised a student’s story advocating violence against Israel was an isolated incident. The incident at the Abraar Islamic School, which led to the suspension of two teachers last month, “is not a reflection on what is being taught in that school to the 250-some children that are there,” said Gerard Kennedy, Ontario’s minister of education.
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