Muslim demands

Today's Peek into our Future

A month ago : Amid the cheering Northwestern football fans at Ryan Field, all Ashar Wasi wanted was a quiet place to pray. The only place he could find was a spot of less-than-clean floor in a public walkway. "We had to pray in front of the concession stand, in front of all the people," the McCormick junior said. Perhaps someone noticed. At last Wednesday's ASG meeting, the Muslim-cultural Students Association proposed a bill establishing a designated prayer area at Welsh-Ryan Arena for Muslim students for football and basketball games. McSA President Amir Siddiqui estimates more than 20 Muslim students are in attendance at nearly every game. This week Athletic officials will not establish a designated prayer space for Muslim students at sporting events held at Ryan Field and Welsh-Ryan Arena, said John Mack, Northwestern's associate athletic director of external affairs. Instead, officials will grant certain concessions, such as allowing prayer rugs into the stadiums and letting students pray in places that do not block traffic flow. Coming soon Construction began today on the $220 million dollar additions to Prince Saud Field and Obama Rama Arena that will provide prayer space for Muslim students at Northwestern football and basketball games. I can safely make that prediction by drawing on Europe's experience with never ending demands placed by insurgent Muslim populatons, and our own history of allowing vocal minorities, armed with nothing more than politically correct looniness, and championed by the left media, to wear us down.