UC Irvine investigated reports of the destruction of a Holocaust memorial, swastikas defacing campus property, rock throwing at a Jewish student, and the verbal harassment of Jewish students with such statements as " 'slaughter the Jews,' 'dirty Jew,' 'go back to Russia,' 'burn in hell,' and 'f_ _king Jew and concluded they were based on opposition to Israeli policies and were not anti-Semitic provocations.
In the meditation room at Normandale Community College, a public institution in Bloomington, Minnesota, a barrier divides the men's prayer space from the women's prayer space where women are instructed to cover their faces, a schedule for Islam's five daily prayers is posted next to the sign requesting that shoes be removed.
Posted by Jill Fallon at December 21, 2007 10:01 AM | Permalink