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Willmar Schools Won't Change Policy on Prayer Time
WCCO.COM ^ | 9/17/08 | WCCO.COM

Posted on 09/17/2008 7:21:26 AM PDT by mn-bush-man

Willmar Schools Won't Change Policy On Prayer Time WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) ― Willmar public school officials are sticking with their original policy on when to allow Somali students to pray.

Some Somali parents in Willmar had complained that the public schools weren't allowing their Muslim children to step out of class for daily prayer. Some didn't send their children to school last week in protest.

School officials met with a Somali parent to listen to the concerns but said they're not changing their policy.

Willmar Junior High School Principal Mark Miley says at a meeting six years ago, Somali families agreed that their children could pray during lunch time and between periods. Miley says everyone at that meeting, including parents, agreed that stepping out during class to pray would be disruptive.

Muslims observe prayer five times a day. This month, during Ramadan, the midday prayer falls during class, not lunch time.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: aliens; churchandstate; education; muslim; prayer; schools; somali
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Some news from my neck of the woods... Uff-dah. Kudos to Mr. Miley for standing firm. Do I hear the ACLO rushing in????
1 posted on 09/17/2008 7:21:30 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: mn-bush-man

Hang in there, Mr. Miley.


2 posted on 09/17/2008 7:23:53 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: mn-bush-man
Its only a matter of time.
btw, what brings so many Somalis to Willmar ?
3 posted on 09/17/2008 7:24:19 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: mn-bush-man

Finally, someone with balls to say no to these blackmailers.


4 posted on 09/17/2008 7:27:42 AM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Flip Wilsons

Back to Somalis movement (BOSM) accepting donations for one way tickets home to the paradise they so long for.


5 posted on 09/17/2008 7:29:26 AM PDT by edcoil
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
btw, what brings so many Somalis to Willmar ?

Airplanes, usually........

6 posted on 09/17/2008 7:29:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
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To: mn-bush-man

What’s the problem? It has to be 5 PM somewhere on Earth.


7 posted on 09/17/2008 7:30:22 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: mn-bush-man

bttt


8 posted on 09/17/2008 7:30:58 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Jenni-O Turkey Store. Willmar is basically the turkey processing capital of the world. It's quite a claim to fame, I tell ya! We have had immigration sweeps, Latino gang problems, and challenges associated with those of the Muslim faith "integrating" into this Scandinavian society.
9 posted on 09/17/2008 7:32:15 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: mn-bush-man

Uff da !


10 posted on 09/17/2008 7:33:02 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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Good for him. Let them start their own school if they want it run according to their religious practices.


11 posted on 09/17/2008 7:40:50 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Even for a thin-skinned solipsistic narcissist, Obama seems a frightful po-faced pill." ~Mark Steyn)
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Happy to hear he stuck to the policy instead of falling to their intimidation tactics!


12 posted on 09/17/2008 7:42:38 AM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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This a network, a word has been sent out to all Somalis to ramp up the campaign for Sharia. The Somalis are the go to it guys for Islam right now, and they are EVERYWHERE.They come as occupiers.


13 posted on 09/17/2008 7:43:16 AM PDT by redstateconfidential ("Go to the mattresses")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

This a network, a word has been sent out to all Somalis to ramp up the campaign for Sharia. The Somalis are the go to it guys for Islam right now, and they are EVERYWHERE.They come as occupiers.


14 posted on 09/17/2008 7:43:30 AM PDT by redstateconfidential ("Go to the mattresses")
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Good for him. Let them start their own school if they want it run according to their religious practices.

There is a school in Minnesota that is accepting government funding that is a muslim based school. Can't remember what the name of the school is, but it was mentioned several times on KTLK radio. Rush's show and Jason Lewis' show. I think Chris Baker may have mentioned it too.

15 posted on 09/17/2008 7:45:27 AM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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The last time I drove through Burnsville, I couldn't believe the number of doshiki gowns I saw women wearing. They were waiting on customers at Burnsville Center and waited on me at my hotel.
16 posted on 09/17/2008 7:48:30 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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Attn Somalis:
GET THE FUCH OUT OF THE USA.
Go back to that turd world hell hole you came from.


17 posted on 09/17/2008 7:49:06 AM PDT by troy McClure
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To: redstateconfidential

I wonder if they are the “go-to guys” because Americans see them as sympathetic figures as opposed to many other Muslim nation refugees? I think the Black Hawk Down movie created a picture of a lot of refugees from that country as victims, much like the Palestinians are stand-ins for other Arabs because of their supposed victimization. If that’s the case, perhaps that is the legacy Bill Clinton is so hungering after: America’s capitulation to Islam.


18 posted on 09/17/2008 8:04:37 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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19 posted on 09/17/2008 8:19:41 AM PDT by redstateconfidential ("Go to the mattresses")
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
Some Somali parents in Willmar had complained that the public schools weren't allowing their Muslim children to step out of class for daily prayer. Some didn't send their children to school last week in protest... Willmar Junior High School Principal Mark Miley says at a meeting six years ago, Somali families agreed that their children could pray during lunch time and between periods. Miley says everyone at that meeting, including parents, agreed that stepping out during class to pray would be disruptive. Muslims observe prayer five times a day. This month, during Ramadan, the midday prayer falls during class, not lunch time.
Any position paper from the Obama campaign yet?
20 posted on 09/17/2008 8:37:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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