A club at McGill that was met with controversy upon its appoitnment of “full club” status from the Students Society of McGill Unviersity (SSMU) hosted a world religions panel on Wednesday. The Campus Crusade for Christ, which goes by the acronym CRU, hosted the event in association with the Muslim Student’s Association, the McGill Chaplaincy, and the Baha’i Student Association. The panel aimed, according to the SSMU email, “to facilitate communication and understanding and to give students at McGill a chance to correct misunderstandings or find answers to any curiosities they may have about religion.”
Panelists from the Baha’i, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and Sikh faiths were represented. The panel’s moderator asked questions at the beginning, allowing “speakers to give an overview and major points in their religion.” Afterward, there was a question-and-answer session, in which students had a “chance to get answers to real questions that they have.”
Early in 2006, there was a controversy over the CRU’s appointment from interim to full club status, relating to the club’s recruitment practices. Last year, SSMU executives claimed that its constitution disallowed clubs engaging in proselytizing. However, the CRU was granted club status, as it was determined that they do not practice aggressive tactics when recruiting club members.