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Wow. Con­sid­er my mind bog­gled. How does a uni­ver­si­ty think that this is a good idea?
 
“In a state­ment, City Uni­ver­si­ty said the room used was nev­er a ded­i­cat­ed space specif­i­cal­ly for Fri­day prayers and was instead an area that stu­dents could use for var­i­ous activ­i­ties rang­ing from meet­ings to pilates class­es. Last year the Uni­ver­si­ty asked those organ­is­ing the prayers to sub­mit their ser­mons in advance and keep them online after­wards for peo­ple to view.

“Fri­day prayers were deemed Uni­ver­si­ty events open to all stu­dents and staff, and are not sole­ly a stu­dent or stu­dent soci­ety event,” the state­ment read. “As such the Uni­ver­si­ty needs to be assured of the qual­i­ty and appro­pri­ate­ness of what is being deliv­ered and that all stu­dents eli­gi­ble to deliv­er prayers and ser­mons are con­sid­ered equal­ly and giv­en the oppor­tu­ni­ty to do so.”

Cen­sor­ship row erupts after City Uni­ver­si­ty shuts down Mus­lim stu­dents’ Fri­day prayer meet­ing

Mus­lim stu­dents at a Lon­don uni­ver­si­ty have had their week­ly Fri­day prayer meet­ing on cam­pus shut down because they refused to allow staff mem­bers to view and pre-autho­rise their ser­mons before delive…