The Community College Mosque

In Bloomington, Minnesota, where the Twins used to play back in the day, Normandale is in the news. No, it's not one more upscale shopping mall south of Southdale, but it's straight west of the Mall of America, Normandale Community College. Katherine Kersten, Minneapolis Star Tribune (HT Powerline):

Last week, I visited a Muslim place of worship. A schedule for Islam's five daily prayers was posted at the entrance, near a sign requesting that shoes be removed. Inside, a barrier divided men's and women's prayer space, an arrow informed worshippers of the direction of Mecca, and literature urged women to cover their faces.

Sound like a mosque?

The place I'm describing is the "meditation room" at Normandale Community College, a 9,200-student public institution in Bloomington.

Think the ACLU will be right on this? More:

Literature titled "Hijaab [covering] and Modesty" was prominently placed there, instructing women on proper Islamic behavior.

They should cover their faces and stay at home, it said, and their speech should not "be such that it is heard."

"Enter into Islaam completely and accept all the rulings of Islaam," the tract read in part. "It should not be that you accept what entertains your desires and leave what opposes your desires; this is from the manners of the Jews."

"[T]he Jews and the Christians" are described as "the enemies of Allaah's religion." The document adds: "Remember that you will never succeed while you follow these people."

How about the feminists? Will NOW make this a cause celebre? How about the religious bigotry?

Charming. Coming to your local community college. Meanwhile in Illinois the Left is upset about the legislature passing a law allowing a moment of silence in the school day. That modest and reasonable, neutral request is somehow unacceptable but a blatant display like this? Silence from the Left.