Posted on 12/08/2017 6:24:31 PM PST by marshmallow
* Some students are complaining that Loyola University Chicago puts a greater emphasis on Christmas than on other religious holidays, such as Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
*Whereas 60 percent of the 2016 freshman class identifies as Roman Catholic, with the other 40% split among all other religious affiliations, the student paper asserts that just 5% of all students are Muslim.
Students at a major Catholic university are upset at the schools emphasis on Christmas, saying they wish other religious holidays would receive equal attention on campus.
At Loyola University Chicago, Muslim students told The Loyola Phoenix that they wish Muslim holidays would receive the same attention as Christian holidays, despite Muslims accounting for less than five percent of the student population.
In fact, Catholics comprise 60 percent of the 2016 freshman class, though the school does not specify the number of students who are Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, or other Christian denominations, merely noting that 40 percent have a religious affiliation other than Catholic.
According to the Phoenix, there are approximately 800 Muslim students at the university, which accounts for less than five percent of the universitys 16,673 students.
Sajid Ahmed, prayer coordinator for the Muslim Student Association (MSA), told the Phoenix that Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, is a bit dampened at Loyola.
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A non-Christian should be appreciative to be invited to study at a Christian school. And attend knowing there will be some Christian symbols or content. And certainly not complain about it. He chose to attend a Christian school, after all. These students are Islamic Enemy agents imho and should be told to leave forthwith.
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t Christ born as well as predictions of his coming long before Mohammed and Islam even thought of?
The Chancellor should fall on his sword and resign.
Something is wrong with their admissions office.
Admit students who want a Catholic education. Send the rest of them back to the public schools.
Muslims might be more comfortable at Dearborn Community College or in Mecca.
The morons go to a Catholic school and are upset about the Christan teachings. You cant make up this shit.
“Students at a major Catholic university are upset at the schools emphasis on Christmas, saying they wish other religious holidays would receive equal attention on campus.”
Excuse my French, but how phucking stupid are these people?
The other day I got the annual report from my former Catholic elementary school. It is a slick, well-produced magazine of about 20 pages. Nowhere in those 20 pages did I see any reference to Jesus, nor any particular emphasis on religious instruction. But they were very proud of the $10,000 they spent on new, energy-efficient water fountains.
It’s a Catholic university named for St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.
Duh!
I’m so old I remember when I knew the answer to the question “Is the pope catholic?”
Personally, I believe that Resurrection Sunday should be celebrated more than Christmas. AFA satanic holidays such as ‘Eid al-Fitr’ and any other muhamedan holy days? The staff at Loyola should expose Islam as the false religion that it is! End of story!
Answer today: no?
Easy to solve-—————don’t admit Muslims.
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I find the complaints offensive.
My son is a freshman at a catholic high school. He is Jewish. He might be one of 5 total Jews there.
I cannot imagine him, or us as parents, demanding equal time for Chanukah.
That would be obnoxious. These people at Loyola are being rude, obnoxious, and ungrateful. Pick a different school.
Dumb as fence posts.
SFS 81 here also not Roman Catholic myself; essentially same experience as you at GU - entirely positive.
lets turn the argument around - imagine a Southern Baptist who attends say Hampshire College or Reed College making a stink about co-ed showers and porn night ?
Many Jesuits are saints. Check your facts.
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