York U student’s refusal to work with women sparks rights debate

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7. he has a right to not get credit for that class

The professor shouldn't be obliged to accommodate him. Maybe the student should just make some sacrifices for his religious beliefs.

Before reading this, if I were the teacher I would probably have been willing to make some small effort (to let him do some independent study or something), as long as it didn't inconvenience anybody else or water down the work required to pass, but it's the teacher's right to decide whether or not to make concessions. Now I think that might have been a wimpy response. I admire the professor for his take on the situation (in his position I would have just thought "oy, fundamentalism, what a pain" but tried to respect religious differences as long as they didn't hurt anyone... but he makes a good point IMO, as have others here--how is that different from refusing to work with people of another race?).