alt.education

On Mar 5, 9:01=C2=A0pm, Pubkeybreaker wrote:
> On Mar 2, 10:21=EF=BF=BDpm, last_p...@rogers.com wrote:
>
> > The MSA: Segregation Not Integration
> > By Robert Spencer
> > Friday, February 29, 2008
>
> > Muslim students at Australian universities have
> > demanded that class schedules be changed to work
> > around their prayer times, and that male and female
> > students be provided with separate cafeterias and
> > recreational areas.
>
>
>
> Muslim women at Harvard have made a similar demand.
> They want a time set aside for "women only" at the gym.
>
> There is an old saying:
>
> "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".
>
> When Muslim women come to the U.S. they do so
> with the knowledge that the U.S. is a free and open society.
> We do not practice segregation and "separate but equal" is
> illegal.
>
> As guests, it is up to them to ADOPT OUR CUSTOMS.
> It is not up to us to adopt to theirs. =C2=A0Let them follow our
> customs or let them stay home.
>
> Arab countries are certainly insistent that we follow their customs
> when we visit them.

A follow-on:

The reason the women gave for wanting a "women only" gym
is that they felt uncomfortable being looked upon by men
while wearing gym clothes.

This attitude arises from the socially repressive attitude of
Muslims that women are property who may only be looked
upon by an owner (i.e. husband or male relative).

I find it reprehensible that Harvard should be accepting
the furtherance of this repression by allowing a "women only"
gym. Harvard should insist on a more enlightened attitude.

Gym clothes are not, e.g. bikinis. And even if they were, it
would still be OUR CUSTOM. It is up to guests to follow
our customs and not the other way around. By asking for us
to adopt to them, these women are being hypocrites, because
we are surely required to adopt Muslim custom when we visit
Muslim countries.