What Muslims what Muslims get

You've all heard of Harvard University. A group of Muslim women at the ivy league university have requested that they get 'women only time in the gym". . The request was granted and now since Jan. 28, the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center has been open only to women from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays.

Yet another example of how a religion can impact the country that we live in. If it had been a now islamic group of women im sure the request would have been denied. The gym is open to all women not just Muslims. This was started by a group of 6 muslim girls attending the colledge that are also members of Harvard Islamic Society

Ola Aljawhary, a student and a member of the Harvard Islamic Society, said the women-only gym is needed.

"These hours are necessary because there is a segment of the Harvard female population that is not found in gyms, not because they don't want to work out, but because for them working out in a co-ed gym is uncomfortable, awkward or problematic in some way,"

Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, in Washington D.C., said modesty may prevent some Muslim women from exercising in a co-ed environment.

"If the women are dressed in a manner that makes it more comfortable to exercise, they may not feel it’s appropriate for them to be viewed by men in that particular attire," he said.

But the change has angered students like Nicholas Wells, a junior who called the change a "lose-lose" situation in an opinion article he wrote for the Harvard Crimson newspaper.

"It is an unreasonable policy that is unjust to men and useless to women," he wrote.

So because of the religion they choose to remain in and fear of being seen by a man with out their robe and head gear, men have to chance the routine they have been on to accommodate for this. I feel its a unfair and unjust rule that needs to be re evaluated. I for one would like to know what Rev Jackson has to say about this. Until next time this has been another political talk entry thank you and good day!