 | It's time to play, 'Name That Religion!' |
A UNIVERSITY student who repeatedly interrupted lectures by shouting his religious beliefs was marched off campus by police and suspended for 28 days.
| Lutheran? Unitarian? Bihai? Zoroasterian? Lubavitcher Rebbe? |
Police were called to the Australian National University in Canberra last week after the student continued to disrupt lectures - despite repeated warnings from staff.
| Reform Jew? Hindu? Buddhist? Baptist? Mormon? |
An internal email reveals the student had not responded to repeated orders to stop the behaviour. "The student ... has been interrupting classes to make statements about his religious convictions," ANU College of Law dean Michael Coper wrote in the email. "It has been pointed out to him, by a number of colleagues over a considerable period of time, that, while we respect his religious beliefs, there are appropriate and inappropriate ways of expressing them, and that to disrupt class is inappropriate."
| Catholic? Presbyterian? Confucian? Taoist? Animist? |
The email does not reveal the student's religion but it does link his comments to current national security concerns. He is understood to be a Muslim.
| Oh I never would have guessed! |
"We have no evidence that (the student) is likely to pose any physical threat to others yet, but I can understand why you might be concerned given the prominence accorded to security issues in today's world," the email says.
| Not to mention his being a general pain in the ass disrupting classes. |
"He has now been excluded, as a result of action both by the university and the police, for a period of 28 days pending misconduct proceedings." Police said officers escorted the student from campus but he was not arrested.
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