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It has come to this: Complaint says crosses at Catholic school offensive, prevent Muslim prayers
BeliefNet ^ | 05/08/2015

Posted on 05/09/2015 10:41:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Crosses in every room at Washingon D.C.’s Catholic University of America are a human rights violation that prevent Muslim students from praying.

That’s the complaint to the Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights filed by a professor from rival George Washington University across town.

GWU Law School Professor John Banzhaf takes the Catholic institution to task for acting “probably with malice” against Muslim students in a 60-page complaint that cites “offensive” Catholic imagery all over the Catholic school, which he says hinder Muslims from praying.

Baffled Catholic University officials say they have never received a complaint from any of the schools Muslim students.

Banzhaf, who already has a pending lawsuit against the university over ending its policy of allowing mixed-gender dormitories and has a history of filing civil rights suits on such topics as childhood obesity and smoking, filed the complaint alleging that Muslim students are not given their own prayer rooms.

He alleges that the university, “does not provide space – as other universities do – for the many daily prayers Muslim students must make, forcing them instead to find temporarily empty classrooms where they are often surrounded by Catholic symbols which are incongruous to their religion,” according to the Tower, Catholic University’s student newspaper.

The complaint further objects that Muslims must pray at the school’s chapels “and at the cathedral that looms over the entire campus – the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.”

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TOPICS: Catholic; Islam; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: catholics; crosses; islam; muslims
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To: NormsRevenge

#1. Refuse Muzzies to be enrolled. #2, Fire all Anarchist teachers. #3 Put up a fund for all Americans to be armed and ammo’ed.


41 posted on 05/09/2015 11:40:32 AM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: SeekAndFind

When are catholic zealots going to show up with AK-47 semi-autos, bullet proof vests and explosives to wreak mayhem on this incident?


42 posted on 05/09/2015 11:41:16 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: sauron; Hodar

This is a copy/paste of a post from FReeper Hodar.
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Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.

Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges. When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.

Here’s how it works.

As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:

United States — Muslim 0.6%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1.8%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%

At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:

Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%

From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves – along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:

France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%

At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.

When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris, we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:

Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 15%

After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:

Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%

At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:

Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7% .

From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%

After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:

Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Palestine — Muslim 99%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%

100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace. Here there’s supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:

Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 100%

Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

‘Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. — Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’

It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

Today’s 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world’s population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Some say Muslims will exceed 50% of the world’s population by the end of this century.

~Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book - “Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat”


43 posted on 05/09/2015 11:41:55 AM PDT by whinecountry (Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
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To: sauron

https://balaamsarse.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/how-islam-manifests-based-on-percentage-muslim-population/


44 posted on 05/09/2015 11:42:55 AM PDT by mykroar ("Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dear Catholicism,

Clean out the dungeons. Polish off the devices. Prepare to evoke and receive sincerely penitent Muslim confessions. Purge the impenitent. Exempt Protestants in a spirit of ecumenical bonhomie (we will assist).

Sincerely,
Avenir


45 posted on 05/09/2015 11:48:21 AM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: SeekAndFind; NormsRevenge; sauropod; sauron
This issue came up a couple of years ago at Georgetown (a Jesuit university.) In a rich vein of irony, the campus Rabbi, the Muslim chaplain and one of the Muslim professors strongly supported the crosses in the classrooms; the Jesuit leadership were uncomfortable with them.

Entire story:


Georgetown: Crucifix Must Stay, Muslim Chaplain says "I am convinced that the cross is an important religious symbol for all people", said Imam Yahya Hendi, the Islamic chaplain at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. "And I would object to the cross being removed from classrooms".

Speaking at a conference on campus religious life, Imam Hendi said that as a Muslim he had "no difficulty in working in a classroom where there is a cross". He added: "In fact, I am ready to put up a fight to make sure the cross stays in place!"

Georgetown, the first Catholic university in the US, is also the first Catholic university to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain.

Readers will recall that at Georgetown between the years 1996 and 1999, students of numerous different creeds, ethnicities and backgrounds came together in support of placing crucifixes in Georgetown's classrooms as a way to reaffirm the Catholic identity of the Jesuit university. Most classrooms lacked crucifixes in 1996.

The effort was led by the Georgetown University Committee for Crucifixes in the Classroom. This student committee had received support from non-Christian students and faculty members as well.

"The crucifix reminds us of the idea of suffering and how we can come to God through suffering. We should have crucifixes in the classrooms", said Rabbi Harold White.

Muslim Professor Maysam al-Faruqi said, "If having a crucifix in every classroom will help Catholics strengthen their faith, then we should have two in each classroom, not just one".

The students -- who also gained the support of Cardinal James Hickey and the late Cardinal John O'Connor in their argument with the university administration -- eventually prevailed, and in 1999, crucifixes were in all Georgetown classrooms.

Sources (LINK)

46 posted on 05/09/2015 11:49:17 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: NormsRevenge
Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?

Power.

It's like the gays who go to a bakery and order a wedding cake knowing darn well that the owner does not condone gay marriages. They don't want the cake. They want the power of forcing change (as they see it) at the end of a political gun barrel.

48 posted on 05/09/2015 12:23:18 PM PDT by llevrok (To liberals, Treason Is the New Patriotism)
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To: NormsRevenge
Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?

To up the demographic to the point where they can fundamentally change the nature of the institution. Just like everywhere else they nest.

49 posted on 05/09/2015 12:58:41 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: NormsRevenge

Muslims enroll in a Catholic University in order to tear it down. Same reason they immigrate into our country - to destroy it.


50 posted on 05/09/2015 1:04:13 PM PDT by abclily
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To: NormsRevenge
Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?

For this very reason.

They are trying to change our culture, using it and our laws against us.

THEY know what they're doing even if most of the rest of this country doesn't get it.

They can go back where they came from if they don't like the atmosphere here cause I ain't changing for THEM.

51 posted on 05/09/2015 1:09:24 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Zeppo
Banzhaf was the health-law strategist who destroyed the concept of personal responsibility when it came to smoking -- and helped secure trial lawyers more than a quarter of a trillion dollars in winnings from tobacco companies. Now he's set his sights on suing food companies, and Spurlock was more than willing to let Banzhaf steer his film.
52 posted on 05/09/2015 1:19:48 PM PDT by x
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To: SeekAndFind

I have a modest proposal: muslims get the hell out of our country before we go crusader on your butts!


53 posted on 05/09/2015 1:50:41 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: NormsRevenge
Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?

It's all part of the effort to invade and conquer.

54 posted on 05/09/2015 1:55:23 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: SeekAndFind

Go to a Catholic school and ‘complain’ about Catholicism and Crosses and Statues of Jesus and Saints.

Isn’t that like a person not liking bikers and spending all his time in biker bars - complaining about bikers. Of course the bikers wouldn’t cover up a Crucifix because a Muslim (BO) was uncomfortable.
The bikers would listen to your complaints for a short time then either take you out back and kick your butt or just throw you out the front door.

Same with Lesbian or Gay Bars.....Best way to show you don’t ‘like’ them is to frequent them and (try) spend your money there - complaining.....

The old

Food is terrible there AND the portions are too small.

comes to mind.


55 posted on 05/09/2015 2:00:12 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)A pessimist damns the wind, an optimist thinks it will change and a realist adjusts the sails.)
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To: NormsRevenge

**Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?Why would Muslims enroll at a Catholic university in the first place?**

Looks like there is no answer to this question. LOL!


56 posted on 05/09/2015 2:19:36 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mooslems will complain about the letter “T” next.


57 posted on 05/09/2015 2:21:06 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: sauron
PUSH

Pray

Until

Something

Happens

58 posted on 05/09/2015 2:21:12 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: SeekAndFind

If these Muslims want conformity so damned bad, let them build something they like and conform to it. They can have the same hat, the same color of shirt, and speak in lockstep like programmed drones. Let them live in a culture that restricts their freedom and demands strict monolithic behavior. No wonder they live in the 5th Century and have only one contribution to this world: death to those who do not conform.


59 posted on 05/09/2015 2:40:56 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental deficiency: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: Salvation

I would have never made it as a stand up comic.. I’m too shy .. But Thanks for getting the punchline!


60 posted on 05/09/2015 2:43:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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