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Muslim students at CU want prayer area
Daily Camera ^ | August 4, 2007 | Brittany Anas

Posted on 08/04/2007 9:06:13 AM PDT by george76

Muslim students took a break outside of their University of Colorado office, and in the hallway, positioned their prayer rugs and bodies to face northeast toward Mecca.

It was the second of the day's five ritual prayers. And, except for the echoes of clicking heels and voices, the corridor that houses dozens of other student groups was mostly quiet.

But when the fall semester starts in a few weeks, the University Memorial Center and its hallways, which double as a prayer space for the Muslim students, will once again be bustling.

Muslim students at CU have been pushing for a quiet space on campus that could be used for prayer. Kelly Brewer, a junior international affairs major and president of the Muslim Student Association...

The requests of students in Boulder are part of a larger national movement by Muslim students...

“One thing that state universities should know is that they are under no obligation to build prayer rooms that are interfaith, or prayer rooms used by one specific group,” Lynn said. “If they do use tax dollars to build an exclusively religious building they risk lawsuits by people that don’t agree with the religion that is being supported in this way.”

Critics say Muslim students are getting preferential treatment as some schools nationwide — including the University of Michigan at Dearborn, a campus that has a large Muslim population — are building footbaths for students, who use them before prayer.

Edina Lekovic, communications director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles, said footbaths are not even a staple in most Muslims’ homes. She said she would rather see students pushing for a chaplain who could improve interfaith relations between different on-campus religious groups.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycamera.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Colorado; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cu; islam; muslim; muslims; muslimstudents; sharia; sharialaw; students
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1 posted on 08/04/2007 9:06:14 AM PDT by george76
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“If they do use tax dollars to build an exclusively religious building they risk lawsuits by people that don’t agree with the religion that is being supported in this way.”

Will the ACLU be leading the charge?

Kinda doubt it.

2 posted on 08/04/2007 9:09:19 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Want a muslim prayer area? No problem, turn East, take 6,000,000 steps.


3 posted on 08/04/2007 9:09:48 AM PDT by SampleMan (Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
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The middle of I-70 would do nicely............


4 posted on 08/04/2007 9:10:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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To: george76
As is to be expected.

A little appeasement invariably results in a lot of new demands.

5 posted on 08/04/2007 9:11:27 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo (There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
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To: george76

The displacement of liberalism continues.


6 posted on 08/04/2007 9:11:47 AM PDT by junta (It's Jihad stupid! It's the borders stupid! It's Political Correctness stupid!)
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To: george76

Of course we know exactly what would happen if any Christian group of students dared to ask the school for any similar accomodations.


7 posted on 08/04/2007 9:11:56 AM PDT by pnh102
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positioned their prayer rugs and bodies to face northeast toward Mecca.

They're facing the wrong direction.

8 posted on 08/04/2007 9:15:53 AM PDT by woofer (Some strive to soar like an eagle, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.)
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“The requests of students in Boulder are part of a larger national movement by Muslim students...”

Muslims are pushing for special rules everywhere in the west. The eventual goal is to put Europe and America under sharia law.


9 posted on 08/04/2007 9:18:12 AM PDT by SmoothTalker
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OK, I want a Christian prayer center on campus. It has to have a big cross on top and the Ten Commandments posted prominently on the front. A plaque on the door needs to read, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6)”

Let’s see how far that request goes...


10 posted on 08/04/2007 9:24:28 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger
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“The middle of I-70 would do nicely............”

Don’t laugh, because this is exactly what happened in 1971 in Saudi Arabia when a busload of British Muslims were on their pilgrimage to Mecca. They had made the trip all the way from London.

The busdriver stopped because it was evening prayer time. Instead of parking on the top of the hill the driver stopped at the bottom and parked the bus on the side of the road. Every one piled out of the bus and started praying right in the middle of the road.

Guess what - a tanker truck came roaring down the hill but was unable to avoid the group of pilgrims. It was evening time and road vision was impaired because of a sandstorm.


11 posted on 08/04/2007 9:24:47 AM PDT by 353FMG
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get fitted for burkahs now and beat the rush.


12 posted on 08/04/2007 9:25:59 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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Muslim students at CU want prayer staging area

There, fixed.

13 posted on 08/04/2007 9:26:43 AM PDT by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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You caught that too.

L

14 posted on 08/04/2007 9:27:44 AM PDT by Lurker (Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to ebola.)
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and that’s the problem. Let them ask and let them go on their knees in prayer too. You can’t do for one without dooing for all. If they don’t request or demand it then....


15 posted on 08/04/2007 9:27:45 AM PDT by cubreporter ( Rush has done more for our country from where he sits than anyone will ever know.)
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Fine - but throw up a barbeque stand next door. Pork, the other white meat.


16 posted on 08/04/2007 9:28:49 AM PDT by tennteacher (Duncan Hunter '08)
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To: 353FMG

A case of: My Karma ran over my Dogma?........


17 posted on 08/04/2007 9:29:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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So polish the floor with a lard based wax....


18 posted on 08/04/2007 9:30:02 AM PDT by spokeshave (Hey GOP...NO money till border closed and criminal illegals deported)
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Give them an old Army tent to set up outside.


19 posted on 08/04/2007 9:30:39 AM PDT by airborne (Proud to be a conservative! Proud to support Duncan Hunter for President!)
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“Muslim students at CU want prayer area”

And they’ll get it. You see the U.S. Constitution says nothing about Mosque and State.” Only Churches are to be so discriminated against.


20 posted on 08/04/2007 9:32:35 AM PDT by Grunthor (I enjoy holding hands, long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick.)
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