Muslim students furious at Swinburne University over prayer room closure on main day of worship

Brian Ross wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2024 at 2:25pm:





The bastards were pushing their luck, as usual. Tellembuggerem.



Swinburne University said it made the decision to close the Multi Faith Centre after "multiple breaches" of the centre's guidelines occurred on Friday, October 11.

A sign printed on a white A4 paper explains that a university's multi faith centre has been closed on Fridays.
Students who wanted to pray on Friday instead found this sign outside the locked Multi Faith Centre. (ABC News: Najma Sambul)

A spokesperson for the university said the breaches included some members of the Swinburne Islamic Society refusing to allow the university-appointed Muslim chaplain to lead prayers, as well as "encouraging attendance from large numbers of people not associated with the university".

Friends of students, alumni and nearby residents sometimes attend prayers at the university because it is the closest prayer space.

Occasionally, including on October 11, they pray outside the Multi Faith Centre if they are not allowed in.

Video of the incident seen by the ABC shows the chaplain attempting to take a microphone from a student leading prayers.

After the student instead gave the microphone to a member of the Swinburne Islamic Society, the chaplain left.  The university then closed the Multi Faith Centre for the remainder of that day.

"Swinburne is investigating an incident on Friday 11 October involving multiple breaches of the Multi Faith Centre's guidelines, led by a small group of Swinburne Islamic Society members," the university spokesperson said.

"Some staff members who attended felt intimidated and threatened while trying to uphold the space's guidelines.

"In response to these breaches and a pattern of behaviour from this small group, Swinburne made the decision to close the centre on Fridays until the [Swinburne Islamic Society] meets with the university to discuss our concerns and commits to follow the guidelines that everyone else follows," they said.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 26^th, 2024 at 2:56pm:

It is what the ABC is telling us, Bbwianesque turd, it's from his OP.

But being the impaired mong, he only quoted the headline, as usual.

greggerypeccary wrote on Oct 26^th, 2024 at 4:20pm:



They can bugger right off.  Nothing is ever enough for those pricks. Always bellyaching, from the lecture hall to the bus stop. Tellembuggerem.

They're always furious.

Gordon wrote on Nov 5^th, 2024 at 5:48pm:


I guess they're easily triggered.

Two consecutive mass shootings took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 15 March 2019.

They were committed by a single perpetrator during Friday prayer, first at the Al Noor Mosque in Riccarton, overlooking Hagley Park, at 1:40 p.m., and second, after driving at speed across town, at the Linwood Islamic Centre at 1:52 p.m.

Altogether, 51 people were killed and 89 others were injured, including 40 by gunfire.