Catholic University Allegedly Violated Muslim Students' Rights

[DrPhil]

I heard about this on Fox News this morning. The below article includes a link to Catholic University's school newspaper.

Originally Posted by Article

The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily prayers.

The investigation alleges that Muslim students “must perform their prayers surrounded by symbols of Catholicism – e.g., a wooden crucifix, paintings of Jesus, pictures of priests and theologians which many Muslim students find inappropriate.”

http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes...t-crosses.html

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When I first heard the story, I thought they were talking about a private K-12 school. I thought it makes no sense to accuse a private Catholic school of alienating Muslim students--don't attend a private Catholic K-12 if you want to be an active Muslim while at school.

http://www.cua.edu/about-cua/mission-statement.cfm

This is a privately owned Catholic university. Do they receive some government funding as some private universities do? Are there reasonable expectations of inclusion and cohesion?

What say you, GCers? I am especially interested in the GC attorneys' opinions.