Do Catholic Universities violate Muslims' 'human rights'?

The latest --, filed a few weeks ago with the D.C. Office of Human Rights, focuses on the -- of not giving official status to non-Catholic worship groups. While the school has an official group for Jewish law students, a Muslim undergraduate profiled in a -- article last year said he was told that he could not create a group dedicated to Muslim worship.

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The admin of the school could easily make the argument that Christianity is directly related to Judaism...

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Not yet.

I can't wait until that train gets moving, btw. Then we can hear about Sharia again! Yaaaay!

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I would accept that as long as they can show that the policy is indeed within the context of Christianity.

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Do any Catholics go to Muzzie Universities?

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They should either give freedom for all groups or enforce their policy to accommodate Catholics only (as they should since they're supposed to be a Catholic school).

Quote: Originally Posted by karrie

Just to clarify here. It sounds to me like they've made the same accomodations any Catholic school or church would. You are welcome, and you may pray. But, you're the guest, we're not changing things to suit you. Thus the complaint that they've been surrounded by images of Catholicism.

Is what you're really meaning by 'accomodate', 'allow in'?

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Of course, this is FUD for the real news story.

Leave it to FOX (and Locutus) to enjoy spreading the FUD.

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This "Catholic" school is setting a dangerous precedent by accommodating select groups even though they have a policy that deems otherwise.

They should either give freedom for all groups or enforce their policy to accommodate Catholics only (as they should since they're supposed to be a Catholic school).

But let's not let FOX's endorsement of the absence of truth confuse us here. Doing so might taint our view of muslims a little... negatively, shall we say?

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Providing rooms. They've provided rooms specifically for jews and not muslims. That creates some clear tension between the groups. As captain morgan said, they might be able to get around it if they can show how jews are entitled to a preference within the historical context of christianity.

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I gave you a thumbs-up for that.....unexpected stand in favour of the right of a private Catholic university to discriminate.........

However, these are moderate Muslims, I think you will agree, with unreasonable expectations to be accommodated. They consider Islam the ONLY acceptable religion, or political philosophy, and have entered this university with the expectation of altering it at its core in the continuing (in this case peaceful) jihad against non-believers.

Our view of Muslims is not being tainted, but becoming ever clearer.

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Obviously, they should not have provided rooms for Jews either.

Quote: Originally Posted by mentalfloss

Providing rooms. They've provided rooms specifically for jews and not muslims. That creates some clear tension between the groups. As captain morgan said, they might be able to get around it if they can show how jews are entitled to a preference within the historical context of christianity.

Quote: Originally Posted by mentalfloss

Providing rooms. They've provided rooms specifically for jews and not muslims. That creates some clear tension between the groups. As captain morgan said, they might be able to get around it if they can show how jews are entitled to a preference within the historical context of christianity.

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It's clear that this is a response from the muslims for being treated unfairly after the school gave a nod to jews for their own prayer rooms - which don't have christian crosses in them (by the way).

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Try as I may I can't find where it says they've provided rooms for Jews.

What the articles DO say is that a cultural group was allowed to form a student association for law students associated with that culture, but that they turned down a petition by the Muslims to open a student association group dedicated to worship of another religion. I see no conflicting message there personally.

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The Office of Human Rights has given CUA President John Garvey until October 27th to provide a written response to new allegations that he and CUA illegally discriminated against Muslim students by denying them equal access to the benefits CUA provides to other student groups.

The Office also wants him to reply to suggestions that he may have lied to cover up his true motive. The allegation is that "an attempt was made to cover up the animus in such a decision against Muslim students, based solely upon their religion, by falsely claiming that the reason for the discrimination was that CUA 'should [not] be sponsoring an organization that is not Catholic,' whereas the University does in fact have a student organization for Jewish students."

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Quote: Originally Posted by captain morgan

"The details of that situation were not clear Thursday, but professor John Banzhaf said he filed the complaint with the city based on the article and had not received any complaints from Muslim students."

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I know you can spout off his logic, but I don't think his suit will hold water. They didn't grant any other religion a student association devoted to worship.

Quote: Originally Posted by mentalfloss

Of course, this is FUD for the real news story.

Leave it to FOX (and Locutus) to enjoy spreading the FUD.

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This "Catholic" school is setting a dangerous precedent by accommodating select groups even though they have a policy that deems otherwise.

They should either give freedom for all groups or enforce their policy to accommodate Catholics only (as they should since they're supposed to be a Catholic school).

But let's not let FOX's endorsement of the absence of truth confuse us here. Doing so might taint our view of muslims a little... negatively, shall we say?

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Ya gotta relax more kid. These sorts of things can end up rent-free in yer head.

It was a top Fark lead-in this morning to what happened to be Fox story. Who cares. Share your angst with Fark I guess.

Anyway, don't get too Farked-up about it.

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Wow. I wonder how the Muslim students feel about that.

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Ain't that the truth.

My interpretation is that this professor is throwing the Muslim students under the bus in the arena of public opinion... Nothing like using some unwitting human shields in order to garner some publicity for yourself.

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Don't you find it just a little interesting that the complaint does not involve any of the Muslim student body?

Quote: Originally Posted by Retired_Can_Soldier

I'm not Jewish or Catholic or Muslim. What about my rights man? I want a special room at all three institutions where I can drink beer, watch porno and pray to my god. MONEY