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| Prof. John Banzhaf |
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| A Christian religious symbol inadvertently made by Muslims. |
Professor and attorney, John Banzhaf of George Washington University Law School filed a complaint to the Washington D.C. Office of Human Rights stating that the "human rights" of Muslim students were being violated at Catholic University. The Office of Human Rights has confirmed that it is indeed investigating the claim.
Banzhaf's claim is that the college does not offer any space on the campus that is free from Christian symbols and art (i.e. Crucifixes, religious paintings and statues) for Muslims to perform their daily prayers. He added this is something "which many Muslim students find inappropriate." He told Fox News , that "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 of Jesus."
First of all, its a private, Catholic establishment. They have the right to do whatever they want on campus. Secondly, if these Muslim students are so offended by Catholic symbols on a Catholic college they can simply leave. They can choose from any fine learning establishment in one of the fiercely Muslim countries in the Middle East...oh wait never mind.
What's sadder than the fact that this "university professor" thinks he is in at least somewhat of a normal state of mind by claiming the basic human rights of Muslim students are being violated in this manner, is that the Office of Human Rights in Washington D.C. is actually investigating the claim as though it should be taken seriously. It's a sad day in America when a Catholic college is persecuted for showing Catholic symbols and allowing for such a minor inconvenience for such a small group of people. If you want to go tit for tat with a human rights record with Islam, I'm pretty sure Catholicism would come out on top.
Pax et Bonum,
Mike
For more check out: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/muslims-want-catholic-school-to-provide-room-without-crosses.html
And a true story of Muslims violating the basic human rights of Christians in today's world: http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=43192
I remember in my VERY catholic high school there was a girl who was a devout muslim and she never seemed to have a problem with the fact that there were religious symbols all over the school. She understood what kind of school she was attending and what she signed up for with that. Good blog Mike
ReplyDeleteIt's frightening how ridiculous the world has become, these days! Firstly, it's the CUA's right to have them there. I agree. One cannot force a private organization to construct a musalla on private property. Secondly, I would even give the question Why is it that the Muslims are threatened by having it there? It should as a symbol, theoretically, mean absolutely nothing to them since according to them, Jesus was never crucified. Right? Thanks Mike for spreading the word!
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