Posted on 11/26/2015 4:45:10 PM PST by lowbridge
Students at the University of Minnesota killed a proposed moment of silence for 9/11 victims due to concerns that Muslim students would be offended.
Theo Menon, a Minnesota Student Association representative realized that the university wasn't doing anything to memorialize 9/11.
So, on October 6, he introduced an MSA proposal to asking the university to institute a "moment of recognition" during the mornings of all future September 11ths.
The resolution in no way referred to Islam or to whether Islam itself is to blame for global terrorism. It did not require anyone to contemplate the fact that the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were Muslims. "It merely stated that 9/11 has had a lasting effect on many students, and ought to be reflected upon for a single moment, once a year."
But according to the Minnesota Republic, the resolution proved oddly controversial. MSA Director of Diversity and Inclusion, David Algadi, voiced "severe criticism" of the resolution.
Algadi was not the only one with this opinion. A majority of student government representatives sided with him, voting down the resolution in a 36-23 vote this month. If students had their way, there would be no moment of silence at UMN on Sept. 11, 2016.
But after the university became "inundated" with demands for a rebuke of the vote, UMN President Eric Kaler announced that he would formalize the moment of silence anyway. Kaler told the local press that he "wanted to make sure folks were aware that the U is committed to honoring the victims."
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Yes, that’s an interesting topic. Search on Middle East consanguinity IQ for more background. There are reasons most states prohibit cousins getting married, and why there are social taboos against it. It is very common in the Middle East.
Well, we can write off the Weenies.
Just...here...have them. Have them all.
We won't make you take Messatwosh!ts.
Hurry before we change our minds.......
Re: 22, how sad. Did you know this person?
Don’t gophers live in the ground and eat dirt?
Oh my God! I’ve never seen that picture. I’ll never forget it either.
Re: 22, how sad. Did you know this person?
No, thank G-d. I did not know him. But I cried for him anyway when I saw the picture.
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