USA: Anti-bullying highlighted at South Meriden mosque forum

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The training program was the third one of its type in Connecticut and something Qureshi said the Meriden Muslim community needed.

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: Record-Journal
By Scott Hayes | December 19, 2015

MERIDEN — State and federal agencies presented a forum on anti-bullying Saturday afternoon at the Baitul Aman Mosque in South Meriden, two days after a city resident was arrested and charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with damages to religious property, a month after shots were fired into the empty mosque.

The anti-bullying training program was planned three weeks ago, the result of Muslim children who have reported incidents of bullying and was geared towards the mosque’s student population.

U.S. Attorney Sarala Nagala, of the federal Department of Justice, said the program was in the planning stages three weeks ago when Mohammed Qureshi, president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, was approached by children who were speaking of bullying. Nagala said the training program was the third one of its type in Connecticut and something Qureshi said the Meriden Muslim community needed.

Attorneys Cheryl Sharp and Donna Wilkerson-Brillant of the Connecticut Commission of Human Rights and Opportunities, gave a presentation on how to deal with bullying, and the importance of reporting an incident and talking to an adult — teacher or parent — about it.

Dr. Bill Howe, who worked for the State Department of Education for 20 years and handled bullying complaints, was part of the panel and gave a presentation on “Teaching Your Children How to Deal with Bullying: The Seven Critical Social Skills.”

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