At Harvard, Students' Muslim Traditions Are a Topic of Debate

USResident · March 24, 2008, 3:38pm

Re: At Harvard, Students’ Muslim Traditions Are a Topic of Debate

Withing limits. We are not in a muslim country, and therefore, since western countries have welcomed muslim immigrants and we enjoy a luxury of freely practicing our religion without pressures and distortions and hypocrisies and brutalities like in other muslim countries, we should be respectful of the law of the land, which is separation of religion and state. Christians have to be quite patient and gulp down a lot going on in society that is illegal in their religion but legal in society - we should be able to make similar saccrifices within reason. I don’t see ANY muslim in this country having a problem with practicing their religion, and if the demand for women’s separated sports/excercise is an issue then muslim communities need to step up to the bat and build resources for these women. I don’t see anything haraam about adding muslim community centers to the masjids that could feature these ammenities.

Similar to my sentiment.