muslims only, please

From the AP, via MSNBC:

BOSTON - Harvard University has banned men from one of its gyms for a few hours a week, a move to accommodate Muslim women who, for religious and cultural reasons, cannot exercise comfortably in their presence...

Harvard's policy is no different from commercial gyms that cater partially or even exclusively to women, said Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations.

"The Muslim bashers portray it as the world coming to end, but if women have a couple hours a week to work out in private, I don't see it as a major issue," he said.

See also: "Sharia Law in the UK?"

This will really begin to grate on the nerves of modern educated secular pluralists -- how much room shall we give each other before some of us feel trodden on? And for 'red state' folks? Beyond the Beyond, for them.

We'll figure it out together, so long as we're patient and long-suffering with our brothers and sisters (and so long as they are with us too). But this is a sure sign of the fast (fast!) growth of Islam in the West. Very interesting.