Controversy erupts after school offers Muslims special room

WSYX 6 News ^ | October 26, 2006

[flutters]

MASON, Ohio (AP) -- Northeast of Cincinnati, school officials in Mason have taken some heat after two Muslim boys were offered a separate room during the lunch hour.

Superintendent Kevin Bright says it was a "fasting room." He says their parents didn't want the two high school students to have to watch classmates eat while they were fasting for Ramadan.

But school board member Jennifer Miller calls it a "prayer room." At a board meeting earlier this week, she protested, saying America is a Christian nation, not a Muslim nation.

And, a Mason parent said if one group is allowed to pray in school, everyone else should be, too.

The superintendent notes that the two students never even used the room but went to the library during lunch.

[BadAndy]

"hey, West Point is making similar accomodations for muslim cadets."

I'm appalled they even ALLOW muslim cadets.

[JerseyHighlander]

This is going to cost the school district a lot of money in lawsuits.

This school board sounds like a bunch of idiots.

1. The Muslims were not lead in prayer by faculty.

2. The Muslims did not use school funds to pray.

3. They have the right to religious observance if it doesn't impose upon the other pupils or faculty. I'm more upset when a school district stops serving say pork, for Muslim and Jewish observance, or say stops serving meat on Fridays for Catholics.

4. If Catholics wanted to have a private room on fridays during lunch to observe Lent, the school would have had to oblige. The kids could pray, or throw spitballs at each other in the room.

[Clink]

This speaks volumes about the Muslim psyche. They have absolutely no confidence in their self-control. They want to hide from food so they won't be tempted by food. They want to hide from women. They want to hide from other religions. They want to hide from other cultures. They know when Muslims have a choice, they will not keep Muslim traditions.

Excellent observation.

[freedombird]

That reminds me of an excellent quote from the movie "Kingdom of Heaven"......I think it sums up the differences between Islam and Christianity in a single, succinct thought.

Princess Sybilla to Balien: "Mohammed says 'Submit', Jesus says 'Decide'."

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[azhenfud]

"And, a Mason parent said if one group is allowed to pray in school, everyone else should be, too."

ACLU oughta be all over this islamite prayer room thing - if they were fair. ACLU = Anti-Christian Lawyers' Union?

[azhenfud]

"They want to hide from women."

Begging your pardon, but it appears they want women hidden from them.

[MayflowerMadam]

WTF?!? When my Christian religion "excused" me from dancing in gym class, I had to sit on the sidelines and watch everyone else. Guess I should demand an apology from the NY State school system -- maybe I'll ask for some money, too, for pain and suffering.

[FarRightFanatic]

"He says their parents didn't want the two high school students to have to watch classmates eat while they were fasting for Ramadan.

Next: banning pork products so that they don't have to watch other students eating ham sandwiches."


Our school lunch menu has a little pig icon on it to designate those lunch items which contain pork. They also don't make the Muslim girls follow the mandatory dress code for gym, except all other kids will get their grade docked if they don't come to gym with the appropriate clothes.

[VOA]

Controversy erupts after school offers Muslims special room

School?
The Muslims probably now consider it part of their world/property
(Umma).

At least they are polite enough to let the dhimmis still use it
most of it for a school.

[azhenfud]

Well, at least you didn't fly off the handle and behead a couple for it...

[Frwy]

There is a huge gaudy mosque just west of Mason in plain view of everyone who travels south or north on Interstate 75 in and out of Cincinnati. Hence, the muzzie presence in the public schools. In the right hands, like Freepers, this 'special room' the kids were provided - whether they used it or not - could blow the ridiculousness of "separation of Church and state" right out of the water.

As they "say" at sporting events NOISE

[ryan71]

Brilliant.

[azhenfud]

"Next: banning pork products so that they don't have to watch other students eating ham sandwiches."

Should we believe an islamite is not apt to slip a slice of bologna when nobody's looking?

[Zionist Conspirator]

But school board member Jennifer Miller calls it a "prayer room." At a board meeting earlier this week, she protested, saying America is a Christian nation, not a Muslim nation.

So will the ACLU fight school prayer or bash chr*stians? Sounds like a dilemma to me!

PS: I do wish people would stop invoking the particular religious heritage of the United States of America as if it had anything to do with determining which is the One True Religion. Saudi Arabia is a moslem nation; does that mean its subjects are "supposed to be" moslems?

"This is a chr*stian nation!" is just the conservative version of the old leftist motto "Deze are de wayz of our pipples." It implies relativism.

[seowulf]

Where is the Anti-American Criminal Libertine Union to protest this obvious breach of the so-called "wall of separation of church and state"?

You don't understand. The "wall of separation" has a sign on it that is often overlooked. It says, "Christians and Jews Keep Out-All Others Welcome."

[Jason_b]

"They know when Muslims have a choice, they will not keep Muslim traditions."

...Except when they move to England and 3rd generations of them are trying to blow up trains.

[tioga]

MMMM, CPS weren't notified that these boys were not allowed to eat lunch? mmmmmmm.

[RetiredArmy]

But school board member Jennifer Miller calls it a "prayer room." At a board meeting earlier this week, she protested, saying America is a Christian nation, not a Muslim nation.

NOT only that, but Christian students cannot pray in school, read a Bible, or have meetings. Hell, the Boy Scouts are kicked out of schools because they want allow homosexuals be their leaders. The stinking religion of peace deserves nothing that Christians do not get.

[buccaneer81]

There is a huge gaudy mosque just west of Mason in plain view of everyone who travels south or north on Interstate 75

In my experience, Mason is alongside Interstate 71.

[Chuckster]

when are we going to stop talking about fixing the problem, stand together and fix it ourselves, with our hands, not mouths?

I'm with you. When indeed. There's a lot of bold talk here on FR and not much action anywhere. What do you propose to DO about it?