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NYC OK's Prayer in School -- for Muslims
News Max ^ | 11/15/01 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 11/16/2001 1:16:56 PM PST by concerned about politics

NYC OK's Prayer in School -- for Muslims

That anti-religion bastion of political correctness, the New York City public school system, has quietly sanctioned prayer in schools -- but only of you're a Muslim who wants to worship during Ramadan.

In a talk radio exclusive, New York's WABC Radio has been airing reports on the school system's special program for Muslims for weeks. Late Wednesday, Schools Chancellor Harold Levy finally confirmed that the religious double standard indeed exists.

"Christian parents would probably love to have a place where their children could pray during school hours," WABC newsman George Weber said Thursday. "They don't ... But the Muslim kids are getting their very own prayer room in New York City public schools."

"The New York City public school system is going to accommodate Muslim students allowing them space for prayer" during the five week Muslim holy season of Ramadan, reported Weber's partner, Babita Hariani.

"In a statement, though, school's Chancellor Harold Levy adds the prayer 'cannot interfere with classes or infringe on other students'", she explained.

That's not exactly what the Chancellor's office told the New York Post, which reported Thursday that Levy spokeswoman Margie Feinberg told them Muslim students will be allowed to cut classes in order to pray and then reschedule them later.


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To: Exigence
This bears repeating: separation of school and state -- the only *real* answer.

What about the Right TO freedom of Religion, not freedom FROM religion?

If the schools can teach the children to pray to mother earth before growing a seed in science class, Satanic animal worship (yes, it is a form of satanic worship, look it up ), homosexual rituals ( yes, that's in the satanic bible too) and now Alla the moon God, shouldn't they be all included? Why are the others not considered a religion, because they are, and still allowed to be taught,( Actually, the worships are forced as politically correct cultism)?
Where do we draw the line?
Either the line is drawn, or it is not.

21 posted on 11/16/2001 1:17:47 PM PST by concerned about politics
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To: Exigence
This bears repeating: separation of school and state -- the only *real* answer.

My question is, what would be considered a religion, and would not? Who decides?
It appears the only religion banned is Christianity. Why is that?

22 posted on 11/16/2001 1:17:47 PM PST by concerned about politics
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To: concerned about politics
Let me get this straight... the "civil liberties" hypocrites get up in arms over imagined infringement of "rights" but it's okay to trample the Constitution in the name of "sensitivity." Separation of church and state has always been about sanctioning a SPECIFIC religion and that's exactly what this is.
23 posted on 11/16/2001 1:18:15 PM PST by Croooow
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To: concerned about politics
What in the heck are you talking about? I'm talking about the separation between SCHOOL and state -- not church and state.

Read first, then react.

24 posted on 11/18/2001 12:48:01 PM PST by Exigence
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