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'Mosque' Uncovered on College Campus
worldnetdaily.com ^
| December 17, 2007
| staff
Posted on 12/17/2007 6:14:15 PM PST by kellynla
A Minnesota community college has "a Muslim place of worship" featuring "a schedule for Islam's five daily prayers," according to a local newspaper columnist who visited the campus.
Tax-supported Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn., also has a "sign requesting that shoes be removed" and a barrier that divides men's and women's "prayer spaces," writes Katherine Kersten of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
College officials denied it was anything more than a "meditation" room available for "all faiths."
The description of the facility, however, led one faculty member to tell Kersten the room is "unprecedented" and "goes beyond religious toleration."
"For all practical purposes, this meditation room is essentially a Muslim prayer room," said Chuck Chalberg of Normandale's history faculty.
WND has reported on "accommodations" for Muslims in public institutions, such as schools and airports, and the outrage triggered by the expenditure of public funds on a religion-specific facility.
At Normandale, Kersten reported, an "arrow informed worshippers of the direction of Mecca, and literature urged women to cover their faces."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 2007; 200712; bloomington; bringbacon; bringham; campus; college; hatredofwomen; islam; meditateinbikinis; minnesota; mosque; muslim; muslims; prayerroom; whereisaclu; whereisnow
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To: All
...dont forget to bring Mohammed the Teddy Bear...
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:13:05 PM PST
by
UCFRoadWarrior
(Mike Huckabee values illegals, criminals, and terrorists...Thanks "Values Voters")
To: Politicalmom
How about a purse full of bacon bits (REAL bacon bits!!) with a big ol hole in the bottom?Yeah kinda like one of those hand held broadcast spreaders like for lawn use.
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posted on
12/17/2007 8:21:45 PM PST
by
WhirlwindAttack
(Muck the Fuslims. They owe me a son. And I got something for you rat's too.)
To: kellynla
what happened to freedom from a government designated religion??????
43
posted on
12/17/2007 8:23:05 PM PST
by
television is just wrong
(deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END Welfare)
To: VOA
When college officials are caught doing something they know is a violation of laws or ethics we can always rely on them to lie and prevaricate.
These people have not broken the mold when they lie about the room being a "...meditation room for all faiths".
I would like to see a good size group of Christians and Jews call their bluff and start to use the room for meditation on a regular basis, complete with Christian crosses, Bibles, Torahs, etc.
And of course, males and fmales together with no burkas and veils allowed.
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posted on
12/17/2007 9:05:00 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
( (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.))
To: GovernmentShrinker
Afterwards, on the solstice, turn it over to the Wiccans, who will dismantle the wall, make a bonfire out of the remnants (using the nearby piles of pamphlets as kindling, of course), and dance around it.?
naked
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posted on
12/18/2007 1:23:15 AM PST
by
CzarNicky
(The problem with bad ideas is that they seemed like good ideas at the time.)
To: kellynla
The ACLU is transparently in bed with Islam, and needs to be called on it far and wide.
To: kellynla
Maybe someone could contact the closest Asatru Garth and suggest this as a venue for some ceremonial activities. Or maybe the Pastafarians?
I would go myself if it were closer. I am a Brownian (as in John Moses) so I need room to set up a temporary 50ft pistol range for my worshipful meditation.
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posted on
12/18/2007 6:41:23 AM PST
by
Rifleman
To: Iron Munro
How about a blind person with seeing eye dog decides to use the room for meditation? (
Dogs are seriously "unclean" in Islam).
Any attempt at eviction can prompt an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit
To: kellynla
I bet there are foot baths in nearby restrooms too ....all on the taxpayer’s dime. Imagine the stink the ACLU would make if that “meditation space” was being used for Christian services.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:23:19 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: The Great RJ
One more 9/11 type terrorist attack in America and all of this foolishness will come to a screeching halt and every one of these camel jockeys will have to pack up his koran and family and go back to whatever hellhole they originated from.
Our ancestors didn’t risk life & limb to come to this country just so a bunch of muzzies could come here, terrorize our women & children and make hamburger out of our families.
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posted on
12/18/2007 9:52:18 AM PST
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: kellynla
Well,
America, you have it all wrong! Separation of church and state (a notion that is debatable) only applies for Christians. Multicultural events, rooms for “meditation,” an other special non-Christian type activities are OK. /sarc
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posted on
02/15/2008 9:54:25 AM PST
by
Red6
(Come and take it.)
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