While the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives freedom of the press, speech, assembly, religion and to petition, meaning that they had every right to be there - there were was no media attention or protests.
However, to go a step further, this is a publicly financed institution. Does this mean the University of Minnesota supports Islam? Is this state sanctioning of religion?
If the shoe were on the other foot and a "Christian Awareness Week" were held instead, it would be castigated on the airwaves as "state sponsoring of religion." Protests would be held on and off campus pushing "Christian Awareness Week" to the sidelines. It would be in the talk of the town and the nation.
Yet with the Muslims, there is a double-standard.
I challenge the Regents of the University of Minnesota to allow a "Christian Awareness Week" on their campus in the interest of equal time.
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how lovely. I can't help noticing this state-sponsored focus on religion occurred during the same time as the holy days of the two religions which Islam generally descries: Easter & Passover. Shall we hold our "Christian Awareness Week" during the first part of Ramadan ? and the "Judaism Awareness Week" during the latter half of said Ramadan ? Just to be perfectly FAIR, of course.
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