He didn't ask as much as he dictated that his religious beliefs forbade his participation... AGAIN, the contract between student and school is clear and this element of the course was published in advance of his agreeing to enter into that contract.
Quite frankly, use of the word 'accommodation' is a real stretch, bordering on abusing the system... You'll notice that he didn't 'request' to be in an all male group now, did he?
There is another issue at hand here identified (indirectly) by the professor and that is the other students (who also paid their money) are being denied their full value due to the refusal of this moron's participation (for what it would be worth).
Requesting an all male group be formed, would be asking sexist practices be put into place by the university/college, to accommodate his religious beliefs. Are you implying that's something they *should* have done? That would be him requesting that they treat other people differently for his sake.
As for the other students, when you take an online course, you are never guaranteed fellow students. You aren't guaranteed the participation of any other students either.
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