Posted on 11/24/2008 5:17:49 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
In hopes of meeting the needs of Muslim students, a foot-washing station was recently installed in Minnesota State Universitys Centennial Student Union.
What we try to do around this building is provide things that make all kinds of groups of students feel comfortable, said student union director Laurie Woodward.
The idea was brought to the Student Union Board several years ago, but it wasnt until the renovation of several bathrooms on the second floor that the space became available.
The station was paid for entirely through student fees. Woodward said anyone is welcome to use the room even though it was put in to serve the religious needs of Muslim students.
Foot washing is a rite observed by several religious groups. Muslims are required to perform foot washing in preparation for ritual prayer and before handling and reading the Quran. Many Muslims pray five times a day, and each time they wash their feet, hands, head and face. This process is called wadhu.
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This ought to philosophically place the moslems in direct opposition with the hippies who, for whatever reason, seem radically opposed to hygiene in any form.
Every student who goes into the restroom should it down and wash his feet. It’s there for everyone, not just muslims, right?
And why on earth should muslims feel "uncomfortable" with the dominant culture in the place they choose to reside? I am so sick of liberals who try to encourage and validate the idea that America is inherently offensive to other people. Liberalism is like a virus that causes the infected to commit cultural suicide.
I thought that stood for Making Stuff Up
I an an alumnus of Mankato State University and will no long give any donations and will make it clear to alumni affairs that I find this revolting.
Muslim State University...
My humanities professor in college said that the mosques in the middle east were stunningly beautiful, but they stinked to high heaven. This was because moslems clean “7 openings in the body” but not much else, and that includes their feet. So those beautiful Persian carpets stink like dog poo.
That night a few rental RVs with Muslims came in...They all went over to the concrete pad at the sewer dump station to wash their feet...There were public restrooms with showers directly across from the dump stattion.
Here is a list of MUSLIM Nations where special accomodations are made for CHRISTIANS:
I recommend a biological and radiological scrubbing station for all Muslims before the come on campus. Or for that matter before they go anywhere. X-rays too.
Are these basins for muslims only? If so then where are the Christian foot wash basins?
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