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Further Updates: 25 September 2007

If you're getting here from Google, you can find our reaction to the Administration's e-mail to the student body over here.

The George Mason University Broadside, our student newspaper, is taking a shot at actually investigating the MSA's de-facto takeover of our controversial "meditation" space. Check it out:

Inequality 2007

Controversy over the Johnson Center’s third floor meditation space has continued through the summer, following a Broadside article in the May issue that sparked an increase in debate and coverage. [Ed.:—Be sure to see our photo essay for a firsthand account from this Fall.]

Though the meditation space is open to use by all students, the Muslims at Mason tend to use it more than others, an issue that has garnered attention from the student population.

“A meditation area fulfills a need. Muslims, no doubt, use these areas almost exclusively, but Islam is the only religion that describes how to pray, when to pray and how many times to pray,” said Luqman Mahmood, Ahmadiyya Muslim Student Association member. “Other religions do not have such a clear teaching about prayer, which is why Muslims use these areas so much in proportion to people of other faiths.” [Ed.:—I think Christ was pretty clear about His teaching on prayer, and from what I know of Judaism, their prayer structure is fairly well-defined, too...]

Surprisingly enough, the Broadside provides concrete examples of the MSA's bullying, which you can find beyond the fold:

Incidentally: (this would be The Fold)

Some people are never happy, no matter how hard you try and please appease them:

With the new fall semester underway, George Mason University is introducing the option of halal food on campus..., a type permissible under Islamic law. (...) Now that the food has been worked into Sodexho dining however, the reaction from halal meat-eaters falls short. Suehyb Alkhatib, vice president of the MSA, said that the members of MSA who tried the food were not pleased. “The food was stale and not very flavorful,” Alkhatib said. “It was a much lower quality than the non-halal food.”

There's a rational explanation for this, Suehyb: It's a Zionist conspiracy.

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