“Horrors! There Are Muslims Among Us”: Demanding Every Public Space Be Accommodating To Christians, First And Foremost
For an object lesson in how social media can create a tempest in a teapot, look no further than Wichita State University in Kansas.
Six months ago, the university renovated a nondenominational chapel on campus so that it could more easily accommodate prayer by Muslim students. Essentially, pews were removed (replaced by stackable chairs) so that prayer carpets could be spread on the floor.
The alteration was uncontroversial … until an alumna of the university caught wind of it and bewailed the indignity on Facebook. “The Muslims are ecstatic,” she posted, according to the