Saturday, June 03, 2006

Christians harrass Muslim Student

KY: STUDENT QUESTIONS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF PRAYER - TOPWHAS-11, 5/18/06http://www.whas11.com/education/stories/WHAS11_TOP_SchoolPrayer.549dba28.htmlArshiya Saiyed is one of those girls that seems to get everything done in a day: school, volunteering, extra curriculars."I was planning graduation with the senior committee when this comes," she says."This" started as something she heard in that committee -- a religious graduation prayer."Terms like Jesus Christ, heavenly father, I talked about the fact I was Muslim and the prayers in the past were offensive to me," she says.Arshiya and other students were also concerned it wasn't constitutional.But almost the minute she questioned the religious prayer, Arshiya started getting harassed by a group of students, some in individual meetings, and one student who told her he wanted her out of the country. (MORE)

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