Ritual-washing area for Muslims at MCTC may be only the beginning

Star Tribune ^ | April 15, 2007 | Katherine Kersten

[AmericanMade1776]

Last week, I wrote about Minneapolis Community and Technical College, which is planning to install facilities to help Muslim students perform ritual washing before daily prayers. It's a simple matter of extending "hospitality" to newcomers, says President Phil Davis -- no different than providing a fish option in the college cafeteria for Christian students during Lent. MCTC is apparently the first public institution in Minnesota to enter this unfamiliar territory. Where is it looking for guidance?

[JoyjoyfromNJ]

Excellent article! Wish all our media and legislators were required to read it. Thanks for posting this.

[AmericanMade1776]

What I noticed was the thread five down... Talking about Jesus Pizza being opened to all off campus, and how some parents might be upset if they knew their kids were eating Jesus Pizza. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818077/posts

Jesus on the Side — An Alexandria Church Gives Students Pizza Every Week
The Washington Post ^ | April 16, 2007 | Brigid Schulte

The Washington Post writer begins “to muse what parents and administrators would say if it were a local mosque handing out Mohammed Pizza, say, or a synagogue with Moses Pizza. Or Hare Krishna Pizza.” Snickers. ha..

[Anti-Bubba182]

Minnesota and their tolerant Scandinavian roots! It really is
like Sweden and Norway. They will be sorry for being good to
Muslims. Toleration is a one way street with them. When they
get any power they will start discrimination against Non Muslims.

[AmericanMade1776]

If Muslims become to seperate in their own little enclaves , we might have to used “forced busing”(said with sarcasm)

[Bender23]

It’s ok. Islam is not a religion. It’s a cult.

Besides, since it is not Christianity, the ACLU will yet again give it a free pass.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Separation of church and state" only applies to Judeo-Christian religions.

It's in the Constitution's imaginary "Separation of church and state clause."

[MplsSteve]

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[longtermmemmory]

I remember a case where “kosher police” in the health department were forbidden on separation of church and state.

How is this allowed?

[longtermmemmory]

Translation: Foreign Mulims PAY CASH OUT OF STATE TUITION.

Christians pay instate therefore money talks.

[rocksblues]

Dianna Cusick, MCTC's director of legal affairs, is overseeing the project. She referred me to the Muslim Accommodations Task Force, whose website she is using as a primary resource

Maybe she should check into Muslim countries accommodations for other religions before granting any here?

[Camel Joe]

And yet these “enlightened” elitists would remove the Cross from a chapel. It may not be long until you are REQUIRED to use these showers or other more deadly ones, I’m sure we will find these new Kapos as distasteful as the Jews found their own in Europe. Islam is the perfect tool for socialists to control the masses while they run up their electric bills in excess of our commoners mortgages. Well, keep your heads if you can or if you please, I for one turn my back on mecca so mo-ham-head can kiss my arse!

[wastedyears]

Can’t help somebody that doesn’t want to see.

[AmericanMade1776]

Muslims do not want to become American and join the melting pot, they want their own specialness preserved.

[RetiredArmy]

They get private bath houses and Christian groups around the entire nation are denied the use of school facilities for meetings or prayer services??? I just don’t get this crap. HOW does the US Supreme Court deny Christian groups the same rights that murderers are getting?? I told you all long ago, America has lost it’s freaking mind and G-d coming down and blowing it all up would be an improvement. This country is becoming a rat’s nest of garbage and the Marxist’s are giving it full fuel.

[AmericanMade1776]

If our tax dollars build a facility for hand washing, then it should be opened to the public.... Period!

[Red Badger]

...they want their own specialness preserved.

More than that, they want to force their "specialness" on the rest of the world...........

[incredulous joe]

I fear you’re right. This is capitulation and acceleration. I hear it more and more in areas of Michighan and Minnesota.

We live in a red county/blue state. My wife and I are beginning to plan our retirement,...we’ll be headed to “Jesusland” and hope to find many conservatives there, too.

Hey, bring yer guns!

[newcthem]

“Will the last American leaving Minnesota, please bring the flag.”

[Valin]

So I can expect to see the ACCLU rideing in to put a stop to this right?

[Msgt USMC]

Let ‘em stash some Moist towelettes in their turbines. Besides, most of ‘em are not that familiar with washing, let alone ritually. Ever been around one of those characters? Bring out the deodorant and air fresheners!