There was a Muslim guy in research lab I worked in at BYU. I asked him what his motivation was for being there, since

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Jan 19, 2022
11:18:56am

Bob Vance Truly Addicted User

There was a Muslim guy in research lab I worked in at BYU. I asked him what his motivation was for being there, since

1) he is from Canada and 2) his politics were passionately leftist on the issues of most things related to the middle east and America, etc.

He said it is widely known in the Muslim community that BYU is one of the best places for Muslims to go when they come to the US due to the overlap in rules, and due to BYU's accomodation for prayer times and so on. Apparently BYU has (or had) a room in the wilk where people could go lay out their mats and pray facing east and all that.

I was surprised by that. I enjoyed our convos, even if he was sort of a wild eyed conspiracy theorist about all things zionist.

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Really interesting (to me at least) tweet from Kamaal Ahmad. His claim is that BYU is the best place for Muslim

HarlemCoug Free to change my mind

1/19/22 10:55am

It seems like there was a whole group of wealthy Muslim students there when I

Socrates Johnson

1/19/22 10:58am

There seemed to be a lot of Palestinian students at BYU when I was there.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 11:09am

Yup. My freshman roommate was Palestinian.

Genghis Spreads

1/20/22 7:16am

There were a bunch of Jordanians in the 90's. Their families wanted the kids to go to a US university, but,not one

CoogsWin

1/19/22 2:40pm

Those Jordanian girls (probably the guys too, I suppose) had some gorgeous eyes

SinkingQuffa

1/19/22 3:16pm

They made great study partners and good friends

teancum

1/19/22 5:39pm

Wonder if any of them are still payoffs for winter Olympic bribes?

Blue streak

1/20/22 1:49pm

Haha, Utah Twitter fans are the worst. Such dumb comments.

1/19/22 11:10am

Todd Soccer Dad outs himself as a racist.

Ojiisan

1/19/22 11:13am

That dude is weird.

YSMACK

1/20/22 3:51am

It was nice to see Hema Heimuli Jr pushing back on one of the guys. I'm so happy he transferred in.

HarlemCoug

1/19/22 11:14am

Oh Todd

Magathis

1/19/22 11:15am

Are all Todds also marathon runners? Is there something when you run26 miles

StarMan

1/19/22 2:19pm

hey leave me out of this 😉

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 2:30pm

Huge eye roll on the second one. Does he have any evidence at all

BYU '80

1/19/22 11:23am

I think what he's getting at is the the ecclesiastical endorsement for an LDS student requires him/her to keep in good

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 11:28am

Why? That would also then mean a member of Islam couldn’t get an endorsement

BYU '80

1/19/22 11:35am

He was an exception and it rarely happens. Almost always, the student is gone.

byubyu

1/19/22 11:58am

I believe he is correct that, under the endorsement rules (at least as they were

Tricky

1/19/22 12:00pm

Given that it happened, evidence suggests you're wrong.

EQD2

1/19/22 12:36pm

Here's a Deseret News article that addresses the disaffiliation policy

Tricky

1/19/22 5:07pm

I'm not saying that is (was?) a good idea. I'm just explaining that my understanding was that is (or was?) the policy.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 2:17pm

you get an endorsement from a leader in your faith

fattycoug

1/19/22 2:24pm

IIRC, Ashworth claims to have left the church during his mission.

StarMan

1/19/22 2:25pm

I heard that situation was smoothed over as a favor to Bronco.

HiLife

1/19/22 6:12pm

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Cougar Jazz Fan

1/19/22 1:47pm

Ute twitter is trash. Ute fans here refuse to acknowledge it

shammy

1/19/22 11:26am

Another Utah fan named Todd makes a Yewt of himself on Twitter. Water is wet.

BYUlv

1/19/22 1:36pm

Religious bigotry, ethnocentricism and ignorance all rolled into one. Wow!

Forzaitalia

1/19/22 6:23pm

If you end your tweet with "do better" or "be better", I know you're an idiot

Manti

1/19/22 8:46pm

This could be a good recruiting strategy for BYU

runnincoug

1/19/22 11:16am

Are there alot of high quality D1 Muslim football players?

byubyu

1/19/22 11:17am

Yes.

vagabonder

1/19/22 11:19am

Don't know about football, but I would love to have the guy across town that is

Chefcurry

1/19/22 11:20am

yes i was thinking more basketball

runnincoug

1/19/22 11:46am

Several African countries are primarily Muslim so yeah, I'd say that's a fairly

Schultz is back

1/19/22 11:20am

So, no. But maybe.

byubyu

1/19/22 11:43am

There was a Muslim guy in research lab I worked in at BYU. I asked him what his motivation was for being there, since

Bob Vance

1/19/22 11:18am

I worked in the Wilk as a student & would help set up & clean the prayer room

Kolipoki

1/19/22 11:29am

What were his thoughts on Zion Williamson?

ochobeeguy

1/19/22 12:45pm

That he eats Muslim babies, and requires ID to enter Jerusalem

Bob Vance

1/19/22 1:26pm

A Muslim colleague said he would love to live in Utah County but the lack of a Halal butcher would make it impossible.

NihonCougar

1/19/22 11:45am

We’ve hosted some visitors to BYU and had to go to SLC to get good Halal food.

Soupie

1/19/22 12:41pm

The Muslim world is too strict for me, but I have lived there and go back often.

Emmett Fitz-Hume

1/19/22 1:10pm

When I was a BYU freshman, there was a Muslim from India who lived a few doors

fbguru

1/19/22 12:03pm

I met multiple middle eastern students at BYU who were there cuz of the

1/19/22 12:52pm

It’s my understanding that for the Church to acquire the Jerusalem Center

rainbowcosmo

1/19/22 1:48pm

That is great negotiating.

Ssebo

1/19/22 1:58pm

Well there you go. That explains why I knew a bunch of Palestinian students at BYU.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 2:19pm

My recollection is that Jamal Willis was muslim

Hang10

1/19/22 1:50pm

That's what I remember as well.

dilbert

1/19/22 3:51pm

Never heard that. He was a LV kid, right? I do recall

SinkingQuffa

1/20/22 1:28pm

Have had classmates at BYU and a student at BYUI who said the exact same thing.

RexburgCougar

1/19/22 2:36pm

I know a restaurant owner locally who caters food for the basketball team.

Big Daddy D

1/19/22 2:45pm

Makes perfect sense based on my experience. FWIW I worked for a company that

Forzaitalia

1/19/22 5:04pm

I agree and generally speaking, Latter Day Saints are quite tolerant toward

1/19/22 5:52pm

In like 2015 (maybe 2014) Brad Wilcox set up a Symposium (I think he does every

SoBlueitHurts

1/20/22 12:09pm

Anyone know more about who this guy is? Wonder how much weight he carries

1/19/22 8:59pm

I had a Muslim roommate at BYU, was an absolutely great guy. He was from Pakistan.

jdub

1/19/22 10:53pm

Another great-fit group I wish we had more of as well — are Sikhs.

SinkingQuffa

1/20/22 7:56am

I worked with a lady from Pakistan

mncstr

1/20/22 8:14am

Yeah, there can be some big time animus between Pakistanis and Indians. More to the point, between Hindus and Muslims

SingleStrapBackpack

1/20/22 9:44pm

If it is a good fit for all involved, Welcome!

runningryan

1/20/22 11:50am

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