A new Muslim resource
Three hundred and seven years after Yale was founded as a seminary for Protestant purists, the University has hired its first full-time employee devoted to serving Muslim students.
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By (Anonymous)
1:26pm on September 12, 2008
How is being inclusive of religion secular? Religious life is important, exactly because Yale's too secular!
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By yalecollege (Unregistered User)
6:11pm on September 12, 2008
This only goes to show that Islam is not very secular and is taking advantage of our open and secular culture. Could another religion get this kind of accomodation at an institution in a muslim country? Coming from a muslim background, it upsets me that yale is playing into such demands that are divisive unfair to other religions and that I have seen common in my family/ community.
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By a yalie (Unregistered User)
2:14am on September 14, 2008
The Muslim community on campus probably worked hard and petitioned to get their chaplain, and I'd bet the Buddhists, Hindus, or anyone else could do the same.
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Another example of Yale wasting precious resources. Yale has become a secular school with Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, athiests and agnostics. There is no need to bring in a Muslim chaplain to placate some Muslims but not placate other groups on campus. Will Yale also bring in a Hindu priest or a Buddhist monk? This is a divisive move by Yale that will draw negative attention to the university.