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Teen felt ‘degraded' after teacher backed aikido student's request to avoid touching females on religious grounds."
If it were my school - I would have not let him join. I have come across more than a few Muslim students over the years and there has never been a problem. In fact, I remember some Christian guy had a problem once - thought it was against god or something so he quit.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01...gious-request/