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Do Crosses at Catholic University Violate “Human Rights” of Muslims?
Fox News ^ | 10-26-11

Posted on 08/14/2012 6:56:40 PM PDT by SJackson

The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers.

The investigation alleges that Muslim students “must perform their prayers surrounded by symbols of Catholicism – e.g., a wooden crucifix, paintings of Jesus, pictures of priests and theologians which many Muslim students find inappropriate.”

A spokesperson for the Office of Human Rights told Fox News they had received a 60-page complaint against the private university. The investigation, they said, could take as long a six months.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: catholicu; cross; msa; muslimstudents
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To: Jewbacca

I LOVE Jackie Mason!


81 posted on 08/18/2012 7:12:41 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("...The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the Lord Almighty is their God" Zech. 12:5)
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Reminds me of the first time I went to Riyadh from Jeddah. Guy told me that the Moslem “leadership” in the city demanded that the Dutch airline KLM remove the cross from the top of the crown of their logo at the travel agencies. These are the same loonies who wanted all Christians out of town by sundown every night.


82 posted on 08/18/2012 8:12:02 PM PDT by Ax
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