St. Cloud, MN: Battle resumes today in zoning dispute over Somali mosque

Update October 8th:  Contentious hearing ends with Somali Islamic Center withdrawing its plan, here. Update:  I have just heard from the editor of the St. Cloud Times who asked me to remove their copyrighted story.  I am therefore honoring his request. St. Cloud is a city on the Mississippi River in central Minnesota with a … Continue reading St. Cloud, MN: Battle resumes today in zoning dispute over Somali mosque

St. Cloud, MN: Somalis want more access to the court system

For what? Seems to me that Somalis have been very busy in the Minnesota courts.  Judy reported the settlement in 2009 of an over $1 million pay-out in a religious discrimination suit where Somalis claimed persecution because the chicken plant didn’t let them have special time off for religious observance.  Then more recently, also in … Continue reading St. Cloud, MN: Somalis want more access to the court system

CAIR files complaint with EEOC against Electrolux in St. Cloud, MN (again)

Here we go again—religious discrimination in the workplace—prayer break problems during Ramadan upsets Somalis (sounds of snoring!).  Hat tip: Dave From City Pages: For the third time in eight years, Muslim employees of Electrolux, the Swedish appliance giant with a plant in St. Cloud, have complained that the company is denying them religious freedom in … Continue reading CAIR files complaint with EEOC against Electrolux in St. Cloud, MN (again)

Feds settle dispute in St. Cloud school district case involving Somalis

Looks like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding trial, succeeded in getting another school district in hot water with the federal departments of Education and Justice.     You might want to review what precipitated the problem for the district here and see here that CAIR … Continue reading Feds settle dispute in St. Cloud school district case involving Somalis