Infinite MonkeysWhat is it with Minnesota and dhimmitude? First, the airport in Minnesota moves forward with plans to accomodate Muslim cabbies who refuse to drive people carrying alcohol in their luggage. They did, eventually come to their senses, but now there's this:
A St. Cloud State University student in a teacher-training program at Technical High School left the school in late April because he says he feared for the safety of his service dog.
Who would threaten to kill that dog? Muslim students who consider dogs "unclean."
Tyler Hurd, a 23-year-old aspiring special education student, suffers from a condition that induces dangerous seizures which can occur weekly. His service dog, a black lab named Emmitt, is trained to protect Hurd when he's having a seizure. The dog also carries a pouch with items that can help passersby help Hurd when he's in trouble. Clearly, Hurd cannot live safely without his canine companion.
But Hurd learned that he and his dog were not welcome at Technical High School, which has a significant population of Somali Muslim immigrants.
Students there taunted his dog, and he finally felt he had to leave after he was told a student made a threat. Hurd ... did not feel comfortable continuing.
So St. Cloud State said that Hurd could get the final 10 hours he needs of student teaching experience outside a high-school setting in the Twin Cities area. Apparently, it's impossible to teach in an area high school without running into Muslim students who consider the presence of a dog a capital offense (for at least the canine).
Consider, for a moment, how a public school district and public university would handle the following scenario: Radical Christian students taunt a gay student-teacher. And word leaks out that a Christian student has threatened that gay teacher. Does anyone think it would be handled similarly?
Would officials throw up their hands and say: "I think it was a misunderstanding where we really didn't prepare either side for possible implications"? Would officials have come up with a "solution" that involved apologetically retreating from the religious zealots and wondering "where the breakdown [in communication] comes into play here"?
If you believe that, I've got a mosque in Medina I'd like to sell you.
Where are the legions of liberals who man the ramparts when there is even a hint of the Christian religion imposing on the "public square," let alone a public school? Where are the champions of "tolerance" to send these Muslim students into a re-education seminar?
They are cowering. And their silence equals submission.
(Hat tip: Andy McCarthy at The Corner)
Posted by Dr. Zaius at May 13, 2008 01:11 PM | TrackBack