Fundies freaked out by the US Naval Academy's hiring of a....of a....MOOOSSSSLIM !!!!

[marmar]

:scared:


Oh the hyprocrisy! .... This freak is worried that the Muslim professor might "proselytize" to his students!



from the American Family Association's OneNewsNow, a so-called "news" service:



Concern over U.S. Naval Academy's hiring of Muslim
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 9/29/2008 10:55:00 AM


A former evangelical chaplain in the U.S. Navy hopes that a Muslim, who was recently hired to teach at the U.S Naval Academy, will not use his position to proselytize midshipmen to Islam.

Akbar Ahmed is a cultural anthropologist and former Pakistani official who will fill a new chair for Middle East Studies at Annapolis. He will teach courses, advise midshipmen and faculty, and assist in research projects.

Gordon James Klingenschmitt, a former naval chaplain who attended the Air Force Academy, hopes the Muslim's role will be limited.

"I would hope that he would be teaching classes to bring cultural awareness about Islam and not specifically teaching the Islamic religion to our midshipmen," Klingenschmitt says. "I certainly hope he is not teaching the Muslim faith; or if he is -- in a cultural sense -- I hope the Naval Academy offers equal opportunity for Christian professors to teach about the Christian faith."

According to Klingenschmitt, an Islamic professor could be useful in teaching the Arabic language and culture, which would come in handy for future naval officers.


http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=264538 (if form holds and the AFA Rickrolls this link from DU, you can access the story from www.afa.net - just scroll down to the OneNewsNow area)

[kirby]

1. Hypocrisy at its finest! n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

5. and they are so stupid they do not even realize that we know what they did...

[and-justice-for-all]

2. It was probably the AFA and their ilk that

gassed that mosque in Florida.

[SemperEadem]

3. well, that would mean

that the christian chaplains are prone to proselytizing (like they are at the Air Force Academy)and don't want any interference on their turf--because why in the world would a Muslim scare you unless you were doing something you had no business doing in the first place?

[BuyingThyme]

4. Yeah. It's about time that Naval Academy started offering equal

opportunities for them poor Christians.

[kestrel91316]

6. ZOMG!!! Only US CHRISTIANS are allowed to proselytize in military

colleges!!!!! Them Mooslims are invading our turf!!!!

[Bozita]

7. My first thought after reading the title was of the Air Force Academy

[Recursion]

8. Ummm... he would not be the first muslim prof. there

I took classes at USNA when I was in the reserves (a little-known benefit of being in the reserves is being able to take classes at the service academies for free); we had a female Bengali professor for my Linear Systems class who was not only Muslim but a Hijabi. To my knowledge nobody had the audacity to question her patriotism. What has happened that the patriotism of a man who is almost certainly taking an immense pay cut to teach our best and brightest is being accused of hating our country?

[Recursion]

9. Ummm... he would not be the first muslim prof. there

I took classes at USNA when I was in the reserves (a little-known benefit of being in the reserves is being able to take classes at the service academies for free); we had a female Bengali professor for my Linear Systems class who was not only Muslim but a Hijabi. To my knowledge nobody had the audacity to question her patriotism. What has happened that the patriotism of a man who is almost certainly taking an immense pay cut to teach our best and brightest is being accused of hating our country?

[Thothmes]

10. Don't recall the details, but here in Norfolk, a couple of years ago

a Navy Chaplain named Klingenschmitt was booted out of the Navy. Do not recall what for. Think it was preaching at the wrong time in the wrong place.