January 28, 2007

Controversy Over Muslim Only Bathrooms In Australia

By Tim | January 28, 2007 | Tags: Oceania |

The Sunday Herald Sun is reporting today on the controversy sparked by Muslim only bathrooms at La Trobe University:

Sunday Herald Sun—A ROW has erupted over Muslim-only washrooms at La Trobe University that can be accessed only with a secret push-button code.

Muslim students have exclusive access to male and female washrooms on campus, sparking claims of bias and discrimination.

The university and Islamic leaders have defended the washrooms as vital to Muslim students’ prayer rituals. …

Reading this story is like passing through a time-warp. A time-warp that leads back to a shameful period of American history; a period where blacks were relegated to the back of the bus (whites sat in the front); a period where blacks had separate bathrooms and separate water fountains. There was something “wrong” with them, and whites didn’t want to associate with them any more than they had to.

La Trobe University may have had good intentions, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions as the saying goes. Folks, step back from the precipice, you don’t want to go where it leads.

 

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