Sharia Prom? Mich. School Holds All-Girls Dance to Accommodate Students’ Islamic Beliefs
- Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:14pm by
Erica Ritz
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The New York Times recently featured a story about a Michigan high school prom. But why would a national outlet feature a local prom? Because it had “everything, except for boys.”
Meant to accommodate the religious beliefs of the school’s females — roughly 65% of whom would not have been able to go to a conventional prom, where boys and girls dance together — the event was the product of seven months of feverish planning and fundraising led primarily by Tharima Ahmed, who describes herself as “outspoken.”
(Photo: Tharima Ahmed)
The Times explains:
As organizer of Hamtramck High School’s first all-girl prom, which conforms to religious beliefs forbidding dating, dancing with boys or appearing without a head scarf in front of males, Tharima, 17, was forging a new rite of passage for every teenage Muslim girl who had ever spent prom night at home, wistfully watching the limousines roll by.
“Hi, guys — I mean girls!” Tharima, a Bangladeshi-American, exuded into the microphone as 100 girls — Yemeni-American, Polish-American, Palestinian-American, Bosnian-American and African-American — began pouring into the hall on Bangladesh Avenue.
The New York Times video, below, features an interview with Ahmed and the city’s mayor on the event:
Describing the girls‘ excitement at seeing one another’s dresses, the Times continued:
In this season of wobbly heels and cleavage, the bittersweet transformation of teenagers in jeans and T-shirts into elegant adults barely recognizable to their friends is an anticipated tradition.
But at the all-girl prom, there were double double-takes, as some of Tharima’s classmates, normally concealed in a chrysalis of hijab and abaya, the traditional Muslim cloak, literally let their hair down in public for the first time.
Eman Ashabi, a Yemeni-American who helped organize the event, arrived in a ruffled pink gown, her black hair falling in perfect waves, thanks to a curling iron. Like many here, she stunned her friends.
“It’s ‘Oh my god!’ ” said Simone Alhagri, a Yemeni-American junior who was wearing a tight shirred dress. “This is how you look underneath!”
The event was a resounding success, according to most of the girls. The music played all night, and they stopped dancing only for dinner and prayers.
“It was really fantastic to see all of the girls who were there having so much fun and really enjoying themselves and, you know, being able to just dance if they want to dance and talk to who they want to talk to,” the school’s English teacher said. “They really had a great time. It was really wonderful because, otherwise, they really wouldn’t have been to a prom at all.”
(Photo: YouTube/New York Times)
And while everyone is happy that the girls were able to have a fun night out, others ask whether the school and the New York Times would have been equally supportive of accommodating Christian or Jewish religious beliefs? Still others ask whether this is part of what some have termed “creeping shariah,” where Islamic law is slowly introduced to the American mainstream?
What do you think?
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Comments (331)
MominMD2003
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:43pmWhy bother?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:55pmIs this the kind of Culture that we want to Promote?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:02pmWere the male Muslim teenagers allowed to attend the normal school Prom?
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:22pm…and we all know how much muslim boys love to hold hands, passionately kiss and dance with each other…it’s muhammad kinda thing.
Report Post »ThatsJustCrazyTalk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:23pmEven though this will be portrayed as “all inclusive” (for girls at least), included in the prom were prayer breaks. In a public school there were prayer breaks?
I also like how one narrator in the video talks about how diverse this “2.2 square mile” area of Michigan is. Heck, you don’t even have to speak English in America anymore.
Report Post »little big man
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 5:06pmBet that was a happening party
Report Post »ACLUHater
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 5:23pmAmerica is fked
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:21pmExcuse me!!! Tell the mussies if they don’t like the traditional prom to take a freaking hike. I am sick and tired of AMERICAN traditions and ways of life being destroyed to suit either the mussies.
Report Post »Used 2B Liberal
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:21pmWhat’s the big deal, they’ve had all girl dances at Wellesley for years.
Report Post »db321
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:39pmIn my head, I can come up with a Saturday Night Skit on this Muslim Prom that got me laughing petty hard – SNL is probably going to do a skit on Glenn Beck crying or something!
I sometimes wish that the Progressives could get everything they want – just to watch them turn on themselves.
Report Post »kiddopup
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:23pmThe thing you should ask is it a public school and if it was where is th outrage from the media and the aclu
Report Post »ThatsJustCrazyTalk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:19pm@Used 2B Liberal: You said, “What’s the big deal, they’ve had all girl dances at Wellesley for years.”
Okay, the point isn’t necessarily the segregation. How many girls dream of going to an all girl prom? I wouldn’t call that an all American dream. I’d bet that the majority, if not ALL of the girls attending were muslim. The prom has scheduled prayer breaks.
If you still think that‘s not such a big deal than you’re either still a Leftist, or you’re a muslim pushing taqiyya.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:22pmIsn’t it amazing? Building up Muslims while slamming down Christians…
Report Post »Dr Vel
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:02pmSomeone explain how this is legal being on school property and a school sponsored event? Considering the attacks and the outright legally forbidding anything Christian in the same school. This event is strictly about their religion. On school property. If Christians in that community do not stand up and demand the identical privileges i.e., a Christian prom then they deserve no better than they are getting today. No matter how much ground you give there is always someone willing to take it.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:13pmliberals are a real hoot. Most are atheist, and hate christianity with a passion, but they will bend over and lick muslim butt crack, and smile while they do it
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:19pmNothing to say……
Report Post »IvanK
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:22pmWhere is the school sponsored Christian Dance?
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:14pmI’m confused … Just what is it that these people are doing makes this a PROM?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:37pmIs it the word “prom” that is ticking everyone off? Is it the fact that there weren’t overt boob displays? Is it the fact that they prayed during the event? That would sound like a super-Christian prom to me if I forgot for a moment that we were talking about Mormons here.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:39pm@Jackers
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:22pm
Isn’t it amazing? Building up Muslims while slamming down Christians…
O’Blamer & Co. won’t rest till we become a Moslime Obamanation…
Gotta’ thank the MEDIA for properly vetting this TUR**…. It irks Me
Report Post »just knowing we have to put up with him and Queenie till November..
MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:56pm@ JZs MAN
You have objections to a little cleavage ?? That’s Un-American..
Report Post »michael347
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:15pmHow is that Muslim thing working out in the world. Lots of good living conditions Women ok, Right On sign me up
Report Post »CafeConservative
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 11:58pmObama saying, “These girls look like my daughters” in 3…2…1…
CafeConservative
Report Post »http://www.cafepress.com/cafeconservative
mils
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:13amwhere was the dance ?…i know the city, but the “hall”?….part of the school?…i thought school and religion did mix…???
Report Post »so much bs going on
brother_ed
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:26am@JZS
In my area, the Latter Day Saints have their own prom, usually at a Stake Center. Sometimes it is a multi-stake activity.
The young men and women have a blast!!
The proms held by the local high schools often include inappropriate music, dress and dancing, so we have our own.
I have never heard of any of the area youths protesting or bringing a formal complaint to the school board.
I believe most people hear are stunned at how the left won’t allow Christian expressions of faith, but seem to do their best to accommodate the Muslim community. To some it seems like a double standard.
Report Post »DragonSoul
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:47am““Hi, guys — I mean girls!” Tharima, a Bangladeshi-American, exuded into the microphone as 100 girls — Yemeni-American, Polish-American, Palestinian-American, Bosnian-American and African-American — began pouring into the hall on Bangladesh Avenue.”
This is one of the current problems. Many are saying they are ________American or ______American or ______American. The truth of the matter is. We are ALL AMERICANS. Nothing more nothing less. You can be proud of your heritage, background, or where you came from, but the bottom line is you or your family came here to become AMERICAN not _____American.
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:41amI heart the separation of mosque & state – that way, we can show our ankles and not end up getting shot in the head for futball halftime entertainment…I think….Do you think red might clash with this color?
Report Post »Leader1776
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:07am@kiddopup
Report Post »Excellent point. Was this a formal [public] school event? If so, why? The traditional prom could have had a girls-only room at most. Otherwise, we cannot have religious consideration in any publicly held/sponsored/organized events. This includes Muslim only publicly funded schools.
ProfW
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:11amIf they are doing this privately, then they are welcome to their all girl prom.
If the public school is doing this for them, then that’s a violation of the church and state rule that the liberals love to point at when Christianity is involved.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:24pmWhere teh ACLU AND ANTI-DISCRIMANTION LEAGUES that school promoted a religious event it then discrimanted against men,and other religions on top of it.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:42pmI am tired of this stuff. Real tired of how he has fundamentally transformed America and the Democrats helped him. Time to wake up. Time to take back our country. Time to fight fire with fire.
Report Post »RezInc
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 5:38pmIt’s becoming more and more obvious the only “religion” that truly has rights in the USA is the MUSLIM “religion”…
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:57pmMake no mistake about this event. It is Jihad. It matters not how sweetly it is presented, it is an expression of a culture and ideology that literally hates this country and seeks it destruction.
There is nothing benign about this. The jihadi’s tactic of hiding behind the skirts of girls and women no longer works on clear-eyed Americans.
We see you and we are building a tower.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:22pmOhioans have been warning everyone about Michigan for 100 years. They’re crazy up there. The economy is so bad they’re bending over and grabbing their ankles for Muslim money.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:50pmO’Blamer is (secretly) releasing scores of Taliban from Afghan
Report Post »prisons, in all his goodness he may be (secretly) bringing them
to America..
duketurner
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:40pmWhere the heck are the separation of church and state protestors on this one?? Seems like they only target Christians, Jews, and Catholics. hmmmm now that I think about it….do you think the separation of church and state people could actually be muslims working to get rid of all “other” religions. Just think of all the cases of muslim rights and how they are always being supported unlike other religions which are suppressed. hmmmmmm I think there might be something worth looking into here. Could the muslims be hiding behind the atheist mantra just to get rid of the other religions?
Report Post »elle1940
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:14pmExactly!! And, how do they get away with selling cupcakes!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:53pmMichigan is going to H E L L !!! Feel sorry for my friends who are stuck in houses they can’t sell … I got out in time. I hate to go back .. only go to see friends .. but skipping even that this year .. too depressing.
Report Post »Dr Vel
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 5:26am“Where the heck are the separation of church and state protesters on this one?”
They are only concerned with Christian, Jewish, or in general any of the original founding belief systems.
Maybe cowering in fear while they crush Christian rights is the wrong path. Bob Marley had it figured out when He wrote Get Up, Stand Up.
Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights
Get up, stand up, don’t give up the fight
Preacher man don’t tell me
Heaven is under the earth
I know you don’t know
What life is really worth
It’s not all that glitters is gold
Half the story has never been told
So now you see the light
Stand up for your rights
Complaining that satans minions in the ACLU, education, the media, the government, and in the invading hoards are refusing to defend Christians is as effective as yelling at an F5 tornado to go away. They hate God and they hate us. If we do not protest about the persecution of our beliefs the way they do about theirs who in the end is really to blame? How ironic Christians complain satan will not defend their rights by saying ‘where is the ACLU’ instead of standing up for their God on earth themselves. I mean really where are the crowds protesting as lawsuits tear down every last vestige of Christianity from American soil? Talk about going out with a whimper. Don’t forget to turn the light off as you leave the green fanatics might complain about global warming again.
Report Post »Karama
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:40pmLamest prom ever. Why even bother.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:04pmAt least… there are No Honor Killings :)
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:03pmIt would be the BEST prom ever to spike the punch though.
Report Post »Belwraith
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:50pm@Lukerw
I don’t know…she did say planning it made her more independent…not a good trait for an Islamist female.
Report Post »VanceUppercut
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:56pmYes, I suppose it would’ve been a better prom if the kids were smoking pot and sipping vodka and 7-up in the bathroom before sneaking off to a motel to screw, just like many of your children have done/will do, despite that “purity pledge” they took.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 6:13pmVanceuppercut – No surprise that you’re bigoted against Christianity but support Islam like a good little Marxist.
Report Post »whereareyourbrains
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:38pmLets see, I remember American boys wearing American style flags during Cinco D may…………..and were told to change. I remember Americans being told to remove their crosses, 10 commandment, nativity scenes, and don‘t even think about saying you don’t like Obamas politics………..but this is allowed and the Muslims are allowed to pray at the W. House and yet Obama cancelled the American style day of prayer. Has anyone woke up yet. We are being controlled. Stop and vote for anyone but a Democrat. No Democrats, Not just Obama, no Democrats at all. They have all turned into Socialist, marxist and communistic party. They can deny it all they want. Most people see it and don’t believe Obama anymore. THANK GOD.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:45pm@whereareyourbrains
“…and the Muslims are allowed to pray at the W. House”
Got any links on this subject? TIA
Report Post »RedDirtTexas
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:27pmOne comment and I’m bolting to better news. I DO NOT like the muslim religion BUT it didn’t say PUBLIC school. If it’s a private school, no harm no foul! If it’s a public school, where are the atheists to whine about separation of church and state? At least the little girls got to let their hair down a bit. Big Whoop!
Report Post »BumperMorgan
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:27pmJust wait. You have not seen anything yet.
Report Post »ohiowordguy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:24pm@ReddirtTexas:
It’s a public school. Check out the home page:
http://www.hamtramck.k12.mi.us
Report Post »toto
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:45pmNeed all the FACTS. Did the school sanction it on school property? Who paid for it? Where is the ACLU in insisting on the separation of church and state?
Report Post »kgechols
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:43pmJust read the original article that this one refers to. It was not held at the school at all. It was held at a former Knights of Columbus hall.
Report Post »Blazebanned
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:37pmClem the local pig farmer should have brought a few porkers and crashed that party……..
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:06pmLater this month… you can buy these girls… at the Muslim Holy War support Auction!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:10pm@lukerw
Report Post »The MHWA? LOL
Alvin691
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:37pmAll-girl and all-boy Christian schools have been attacked for years by the left, yet not a peep from them here.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:49pmAll girl and all boy schools DO have co-ed proms. Usually these schools have “brother schools” or “sister schools” where they do things together. The kids are free to bring dates from any other school as well.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:37pmI did not know that teenage girls were allowed to dance with each other under Sharia law….
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:18pmMy thoughts exactly. Is this promoting lesbian behavior? Are we now going to have Gay only proms. What next?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:22pm@Restored One
Lesbian Packing Hollow Points talks about this further down in the posts…
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 7:54pmThe thought did occur to me that this would be perfect for the rare Islamic lesbian.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:14pmPretend… it’s a Harem Party!
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:33am@LESBIAN PACKING HOLLOW POINTS
I’m not trying to be flippant, but why would homosexuality be ‘rare’ among the Arabs? I am led to believe that it is more ‘genetic’ differentiation than lifestyle choice, therefore I would think it should be evenly distributed amongst all races.
But, then again, I’m sure your comment was said in humor, because it did make me giggle.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:11amI made no reference to Arabs at all. Indeed, my word rare was not even intended to attach to the word Islamic, but rather the word lesbian. We are, as the haters so desperately love to point out every time our rights are upheld in courts or laws, a minority.
I *do* believe it to be genetic, and I *do* believe that it is pretty uniformly distributed in manners just like other traits of genetic diversity.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:12amAmedenutjob’s proclamation that there are no homosexuals in Iran notwithstanding.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:04pm@LESBIAN PACKING HOLLOW POINTS
Thanks.
It was precisely the ‘rare Islamic lesbian’ reference that prompted my question, and your reply cleared up the confusion.
As for genetic or choice, I’m no expert, so I’ll accept you conclusion that the condition is equally distributed amongst the cultures.
No contention intended.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:57pmI call it a genetic trait because I certainly don’t remember ever making a DECISION, “Hmmm. I think I’ll be gay for the rest of my life.”
The problem for the “It’s not innate! It’s a choice!” crowd is that if they got their choice and the freedom to make a choice that reflects your personality and fundamental beliefs were no longer Constitutionally protected from adverse legislation… where would that leave the freedom of religion? Is that not a CHOICE as well?
Report Post »Cruelnunusual
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:35pmGet these people out of here, before there are too many! They don’t belong here. They’re NOT American, they are anti-American, they hate America, they hate the Founders and our flag and our anthem and limited government and everything we love about this country. Close down Dearborn, MI, ship them out of here, and stop allowing more in. LEAVE.
Report Post »duketurner
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:51pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Wilders
Geert Wilders for Governor of Michigan!!
Sorry Rick, your state is out of control and it needs to be done before Michigan turns into a Islamic wasteland like all the other Islamic held areas around the world. Even the ones rich with oil are so run down they make Detroit look like Beverly Hills.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:34pmI think it’s sad. These girls want to be Americans. They want a prom. They want to be like every other American girl, but their religion is preventing them. Most American girls go to the prom so they can get all fancied up for BOYS! This is just a half-prom.These girls know they are missing out, but they won’t be truly independent until they throw their headscarves away. I’ve seen teenage Muslim girls shopping in the stores. You can tell that they dearly want to buy American clothes. It’s pathetic. Girls, this is America! If you want to be American you have to stand up for yourselves. We can’t do it for you!
Report Post »While I am glad the girls had some fun, when schools accomadate the Muslims like this they are only ENABLING the discrimination that exists in Islam.
Tigress1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:40pmspelling correction: accommodate, not accomadate :)
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:48pm@Tigress1
Report Post »Sorry, no “dates” allowed at this Prom….
Tigress1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:58pm@The-Monk, yeah, it’s like 5-year old girls playing dress-up.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:07pm@Tigress1
I particularly liked this part of the article;
“It’s ‘Oh my god!’ ” said Simone Alhagri, a Yemeni-American junior who was wearing a tight shirred dress. “This is how you look underneath!””
I guess they wear baggy burka’s all the time and have no idea what their friends really look like.
Report Post »Kathleen
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:11pmWell said. I feel for the girls and want them to have some fun as well but their culture needs to be tackled not endorsed.
Report Post »Tigress1
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:23pm@The-Monk, maybe she was referring to the peek of skin showing through the lace in her long sleeves on her purple dress. Ohhh, the HORROR!
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:34pmthe infection has begun!
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:48pmAnd the infection is turning into a full blown cancerous tumor…
I pray we did not way too long to wake up!
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:57pmI’ll say it before someone else does… Paging Dr. Paul, paging Dr. Paul.
Report Post »BumperMorgan
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:29pmThere is no antidote.
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:34pmThere is nothing wrong with a local majority doing something not even remotely unconstitutional that doesn’t fit with mainstream-American culture.
Report Post »Get over it. It’s what freedom means.
Please don’t discredit our conservatism by equating it with cultural homogeneity.
The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:54pm@HappyStretchedThin
What happens when “a local majority” in a County becomes “a local majority” in a Country?
BTW: I enjoy your posts. : )
Report Post »HappyStretchedThin
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:01pmThank Monk,
Report Post »Fair question, but about 48% of 300M premature.
Conservatives are optimists. We understand that when the constitution is respected we’re all free. When freedom is respected, the culture it produces is diverse and SO powerfully seductive, that it has succeeded in converting every immigrant group to have ever arrived here within a single generation. If we don’t try to enforce belief, but rather demonstrate respect for all beliefs that don’t translate into criminal behavior, then they WILL become part of us in their own way, and a mojority will never happen.
Just my belief…
Marci
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:04pmDisagreeing with the oppression of women in a political religious system isn’t discrediting conservatism. It’s expressing disgust that these girls are stuck in this system. Yes, they can do what they want….you are correct, not unconstitutional. However, you need to look at something that pervades our political elites and their followers—–in all the faux “war on women” mantras, they ignore this each and every time when it clearly is oppressive to women. And just so you know….I have the same problem with the backwards cult of polygamy as this.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:14pm@HappyStretchedThin
Report Post »These Muslim girls “just wanting” a Prom makes your point.
HappyStretchedThin
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 6:37pm@ Marci,
Report Post »Totally fair point, and I agree! The question is how to deal with the systematic denial of freedom to women in Muslim cultures. I for one, think govt force will backfire, as it does in every other domain. Do you not recognize that if teenage girls can convince their parents and Imams to allow a Halal sort of prom, that those parents and imams have already conceded the eventual emancipation of the adult women those teens will become?
On the other hand, pointing out to them how they should be allowing these girls even MORE freedom IS fair game. But let’s be persuasive rather than attempting force is all…
ohiowordguy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 8:48pmYou’re ignoring a number of glaring double standards.
If the headline was, “Jewish girls hold separate prom,” the ACLU would have sued to prevent it from happening. Keep in mind this IS a public school. I checked.
Next, there is the issue of prayers held in a public school. Again, substitute ANY other religion and the Left would have sued. Imagine a “Christian girls prom,” complete with prayers in the gymnasium.
And what about excluding a particular gender from an event held at a public school, merely in an effort to accommodate the cultural sensibilities of a religious group? Can you say, “Separate but equal?”
I think this event violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause, even if it was held with privately raised funds. Substitute “black” for “boys.“ ”No B—- were allowed” Would ANY court allow a group of students to be excluded because of race or religion? Of course not! So why would a school allow a gender-specific event to be held?
I’ll tell you why: Because they are bowing down to Islam. Nobody wants to say no to the Muslims.
This is a glaring example of creeping Sharia. If you read the NYT article it talks about all kinds of hyphenated-Americans from all over the globe. Make no mistake: These Muslim immigrants have no interest whatsoever in being Americans. They want to be Muslims in America. Huge distinction.
The school’s position should have been this: “The prom is on this date. Come or don’t come. Your choice.”
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:59pmOMG! That is such a lie. You people stick up for morons who run around the country and sue teeny tiny little towns for Nativity scenes at Christmas or crosses on war memorials. Those people are the majority and yet you have no problem with a religous event (they have prayer breaks) at a public high school.
There is no hypocrisy to great for a leftist.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:33pmTerrorists will be terrorists.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:33pmI feel so sorry for the children raised in this culture especially the girls. I see these kids and wonder if they will ever be free from it. The creeping Shariah, on your tax dollars
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:33pmThis is the problem,people come here and won’t assimilate and become American ,they want to change us.“Hi, guys — I mean girls!” Tharima, a Bangladeshi-American, exuded into the microphone as 100 girls — Yemeni-American, Polish-American, Palestinian-American, Bosnian-American and African-American — began pouring into the hall on Bangladesh Avenue. This paragraph illustrates the problem as well and it will evolve into our courts and already has in some states.
Report Post »Duey2000
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:33pmSo we can accomodate the Christian kids and allow them to hold Bible studies and pray during games, graduations, Christmas pagents, etc? If the answer is no, then they shouldn’t be holding this event either…
Report Post »RezInc
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 5:45pmI dont know what state you live in, but in my state, Bible studies, prayers and anything vaguely related to Christianity is most definitely NOT ALLOWED IN SCHOOLS…. so what are you talking about?????
Report Post »broper
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 9:04pmPick up a newspaper sometime. Christians can not pray, hold Bible studies, or display Christian symbols on school grounds on the chance it would offend a Muslim. This is the same religion that required the faithful to seal the burning girl’s school in Saudi Arabia and refused to allow the girls to run from the fire into the street… because they didn’t have their heads covered… and we honor this sick religion???? Wake up people!!!
Report Post »duketurner
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:31pmThey can do what they want, but what happened to America being a “melting pot”. I thought being a melting pot was one of the great qualities of OUR country. Seems like America (or immigrants who don’t like their country but yet want OUR country to turn into their country) has turned itself into a big ol’ Salad Bowl. Doesn’t being a salad bowl seem like this would to lead to segregation. I don’t like the tomatos and croutons, so I would like to get rid of them please. What happened to equal. Boys are not allowed??? Since when in America can we segregate by gender???
Report Post »Owt_Raged
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:30pmIf the entire pretense of prom is forbidden by their religion, why do they even care if they get to go or not? And why do they need their own Prom?
Report Post »BumperMorgan
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:33pmJust to show us that they can do as they like in the Good Old USA.
Report Post »FromSeaToSea
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:26pmIf taxpayers paid for the utilities, someone needs sued. No issue with a private group using the school for a private prom.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:51pmAccording to the article, it was funded by the efforts of a student committee after several months of fund-raising, not by the school or taxpayer money.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:25pmWhy does the school have to foot the bill for such a thing? Why does the school have to be involved at all? Have the REAL, American style prom at the school and then let whatever subcultures there may be go off and have their little niche proms simultaneously, or sequentially, so long as the members of that subculture and that subculture alone bore the full brunt of the financial and planning burden to make it happen.
I would feel the same way if the school’s LGBT community wanted to have an LGBT and allies prom separate from the regular prom. Of course, in that case, it would likely be more of a situation where everyone ELSE wanted the LGBTs to stay away rather than the LGBTs wanting to stay away from everyone else.
Report Post »ijava44
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:29pmThanks michigan for supporting the on going war on women by sharia law. Thanks for joining us in our hatred for women the world over. The muslim brotherhood
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/04/23/why_do_they_hate_us
Report Post »Locked
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:32pm“Why does the school have to foot the bill for such a thing? Why does the school have to be involved at all? Have the REAL, American style prom at the school and then let whatever subcultures there may be go off and have their little niche proms simultaneously, or sequentially, so long as the members of that subculture and that subculture alone bore the full brunt of the financial and planning burden to make it happen.”
The article said the funding was raised by a committee; the school did not pay. They did support the efforts, but not monetarily.
“The dance was the denouement of seven months of feverish planning in which a committee raised $2,500, mostly through bake sales.”
Furthermore, it was implied that this was the “alternative” prom:
“They found that 65 percent were not able to attend the coed prom because of cultural and religious beliefs. After discussion, the school supported the student-driven alternative.”
As only 100 students out of 900 attended (and all of those were girls, obviously), it’s likely that there was a traditional Prom as well.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:37pmThis is pathetic, and ridiculous to accomodate. Agree with others who say fine, have one, but the school shouldn’t bear the cost. Besides that—how many of them had a problem with the men in their family because they weren’t accompanied by a man in public?
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:24pmNot what I would call assimilation. Creeping sharia coming to a ……… near you.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:24pmcould have the effect of westernization / assimilation… I can hope….
Report Post »raderby
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:23pmCreeping Sharia? What about seeping islamist sewerage? ( AKA “SIS” )
Welcome to the party, pal.
Report Post »All American American
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:21pmCan we officially say now that this area of Michigan is lost? Its no longer American.
By the way, where’s the ACLU? Can you imagine if some Baptist White kids in the South had a prom with no slow dancing???
Report Post »Iswingright
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:35pmDon’t you know that the so-called “separation of church and state” is meant soley to keep Christian beliefs out of the schools and elsewhere?
Report Post »Cruelnunusual
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:38pmYes, you can officially say that, and now if we do NOTHING, it will grow! And in 20 years it will be the entirety of southern Michigan, and then liberal bleeding heart crybabies will say, “What do you want to do, ship them ALL back to their countries?! You can’t do that, some of them were born here!” CLOSE THIS COUNTRY TO MUSLIMS NOW.
Report Post »Master.Debater
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:11pmIt was a movie in the 80′s with Kevin Bacon.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 3:17pmRosie O’Donnell would LOVE this.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:34pmI wouldn’t wish that upon any of those poor girls.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on May 7, 2012 at 10:50pmCreeping Sharia? How about creepy…
How about a creeping cancer.
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