.... The news agencies, which decried the lack of religious accommodations for Muslims in U.S. public schools focused on comments by Thompson. The story published by the International Islamic News Agency stated in part:
"Some also say providing Muslim students with prayer rooms and special food constitutes an organized attempt to push Islamic law in public settings. In fact, some of the most outspoken critics of accommodation for Muslim students are Christian groups. "What (school officials) are doing ... is to give Muslim students religious benefits that they do not give any other religion right now," Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel at the Thomas More Law Center, a Christian advocacy group, told USA Today. [Christian Newswire] Read more
