City wraps up Muslim lifeguard program….funded by the City and the Lifesaving Society of Ontario after officials determined that the diversity of Mississauga needed to be represented at City swimming pools as well……….they had to modify conventional swim wear to accommodate their religious beliefs (Islam requires women to be modestly covered, navel to knee)………Mississauga is the first municipality in North America to introduce such a project….

“There were no modifications made to the program standards, but what we did do was make accommodations in the environment that the program was offered,” she said. “(The course) was in a single-gender environment with blinds on the windows (of the swimming pools), and taught by female staff.”
In the pool, Karima prefers to wear a one-piece swimsuit over soccer shorts that skim her knees, while some of her classmates opted for tights underneath their swim wear. And, because it was a women’s class, students could put aside their hijabs for the five-hour weekly sessions.

“We thought by investing in this training program, we could train more people from the Muslim community as lifeguards and therefore give them the opportunity to expand their swim programs,” said Russ Pooley, a community development coordinator for the City.
rpanjwani@mississauga.net

http://www.mississauga.com/article/11233

Well I hope they exclude non Muslims and they allow Muslim free swim times too. Oh wait that would be racist to even suggest but when they suggest racism it’s intolerant to refuse. And don’t quote their hate or CHRC’s will come after you.

h/t JM http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/008475.html#comments

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