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Minnesota College to Install Facilities for Muslim Daily Prayers (to wash feet!)
Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | April 12, 2007 | Katherine Kersten
Posted on 04/12/2007 3:12:25 PM PDT by anglian
Cultural clashes involving Islam have recently made headlines in Minnesota. At the airport, some Muslim taxi drivers refuse to transport passengers carrying alcohol; at Target stores, some Muslim cashiers won’t scan pork products. Now there’s a new point of friction: Minneapolis Community and Technical College is making plans to use taxpayer funds to install facilities for ritual foot-washing.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20070414-122733-9161r.htm
“Lawmaker blasts imams’ attorney”
By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
April 14, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The lawyer representing six imams who are suing an airline and unknown “John Doe” passengers should be removed from his position as a New York City commissioner on human rights, said a state assemblyman.
“When it comes to suspicious or potentially terrorist activity, New Yorkers are encouraged to say something if they see something,” said Rory I. Lancman, assemblyman from Queens.
“Before they do so, I think they have a right to know that they won’t be sued by their own human rights commissioner, Omar Mohammedi,” said Mr. Lancman.
Mr. Lancman has asked Mayor Michael Bloomberg to demand that Mr. Mohammedi to resign his seat. “