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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 894269" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Thursday, October 27, 2011 @ 2:54 pm <strong>|</strong> <a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/27/u-s-muslims-say-crosses-at-catholic-university-violate-their-human-rights/" target="_blank">U.S. Muslims Say Crosses At Catholic University Violate Their “Human Rights”…</a></p><p></p><p>Speechless.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/muslims-want-catholic-school-to-provide-room-without-crosses.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000">(Fox News)</span></a> — The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The investigation alleges that Muslim students “must perform their prayers surrounded by symbols of Catholicism — e.g., a wooden crucifix, paintings of Jesus, pictures of priests and theologians which many Muslim students find inappropriate.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">A spokesperson for the Office of Human Rights told Fox News they had received a 60-page complaint against the private university. The investigation, they said, could take as long a six months.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The complaint was filed by John Banzhaf, an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Banzhaf has been involved in previous litigation against the school involving the same-sex residence halls. He also alleged in his complaint involving Muslim students that women at the university were being discriminated against. You can read more on those allegations by clicking here.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Banzhaf said some Muslim students were particularly offended because they had to meditate in the school’s chapels “and at the cathedral that looms over the entire campus — the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.”</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“It shouldn’t be too difficult somewhere on the campus for the university to set aside a small room where Muslims can pray without having to stare up and be looked down upon by a cross</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 894269, member: 1246"] Thursday, October 27, 2011 @ 2:54 pm [B]|[/B] [URL='http://weaselzippers.us/2011/10/27/u-s-muslims-say-crosses-at-catholic-university-violate-their-human-rights/']U.S. Muslims Say Crosses At Catholic University Violate Their “Human Rights”…[/URL] Speechless. [INDENT][URL='http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/muslims-want-catholic-school-to-provide-room-without-crosses.html'][COLOR=#990000](Fox News)[/COLOR][/URL] — The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers. The investigation alleges that Muslim students “must perform their prayers surrounded by symbols of Catholicism — e.g., a wooden crucifix, paintings of Jesus, pictures of priests and theologians which many Muslim students find inappropriate.” A spokesperson for the Office of Human Rights told Fox News they had received a 60-page complaint against the private university. The investigation, they said, could take as long a six months. The complaint was filed by John Banzhaf, an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School. Banzhaf has been involved in previous litigation against the school involving the same-sex residence halls. He also alleged in his complaint involving Muslim students that women at the university were being discriminated against. You can read more on those allegations by clicking here. Banzhaf said some Muslim students were particularly offended because they had to meditate in the school’s chapels “and at the cathedral that looms over the entire campus — the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.” “It shouldn’t be too difficult somewhere on the campus for the university to set aside a small room where Muslims can pray without having to stare up and be looked down upon by a cross [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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