Meadowlands sets aside prayer spaces at stadium for Muslims

AP ^ | 11/22/05 | WAYNE PARRY

[Pikamax]

Meadowlands sets aside prayer spaces at stadium for Muslims By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press Writer

November 22, 2005, 4:49 PM EST

NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority says it will provide a special area for anyone who wants a place to pray while at Giants Stadium or the Continental Airlines Arena _ a reaction to Muslim groups' outcries after several fans who prayed at a New York Giants game were detained and questioned by the FBI in September.

Sohail Mohammed, the lawyer for the Totowa-based American Muslim Union, met Sunday with officials from the sports authority, the FBI and private companies that work at the Meadowlands to educate them about Islam and the cultural and religious practices of Muslims.

Five Muslim men attending the Sept. 19 Giants game against the New Orleans Saints were detained and questioned for about a half hour by the FBI after they were observed praying at the stadium. The men claimed they were singled out because of their faith, but the FBI said the men were flagged by stadium security because they were in a sensitive area near the stadium's main air intake duct.

[dfwgator]

I guess they'll put it in the "Jimmy Hoffa" section.

[tet68]

Probably the grave site of Jimmy Hoffa.

[dfwgator]

Beat ya to it!!!

[YouPosting2Me]

Wha'd you say?

Directions to wha'd?

Yeah.. Sure... I know where id is.

Go east 'boud 30 miles 'till yous get wet... I got your 'Giants' right 'here... pray on this.

[Vigilanteman]

Splendid! Now they will have a quiet, secluded place to prepare their explosives.

If the stadium had granted this to Christians or Jews, the ACLU would be all over it like sharks on a bleeding whale.

[detsaoT]

Sohail Mohammed, the lawyer for the Totowa-based American Muslim Union, met Sunday with officials from the sports authority, the FBI and private companies that work at the Meadowlands to educate them about Islam and the cultural and religious practices of Muslims.

Why, why, why do we keep giving in to this crap? We've learned ENOUGH about Islam courtesy 9/11, thank you very much.

[Doogle]

...prayers at the Meadowlands ain't nothing new. They obviously missed me during the 8th race of a bad night while laying down the last $10 on a 12/1 shot...


Doogle

[Lekker 1]

Oh fer cryin' out loud

[twas]

And where is the Christian prayer room going to be?

[Unicorn]

What aa bunch of bullshit.

[petercooper]

[dirtboy]

...prayers at the Meadowlands ain't nothing new.

Eagles fans were praying like crazy last Sunday for all the good it did them.

[Doogle]

shuuushh!!

*grins*

Doogle

[todd1]

Maybe some good will come out of this after all. It is kind of cool to see the secular world being more open to public prayer. It might be easier to go to this section to pray without the profanity laced drunken trash talk of they guy behind you... (o:

[American Quilter]

What's next? Holding up the game so the Muslims can pray undisturbed?

[dirtboy]

It might be easier to go to this section to pray without the profanity laced drunken trash talk of they guy behind you...

And if they create a similar area for Muslim prayer in San Francisco's stadium, they'd better be careful kneeling down and bending forward.

[American Quilter]

They obviously missed me during the 8th race of a bad night while laying down the last $10 on a 12/1 shot...

LOL!

[RedStateRocker]

Let the market decide.
If a place that does business wants to cater to Muslims, let them; I believe Meadowlands is privately owned.

The market will decide what is PC silliness and what is catering to customers who can and will lay out serious dosh.

People thought Feng Shui at casinos was stupid, a few billion ago, (if i recall right)

[American Quilter]

Let the market decide. If a place that does business wants to cater to Muslims, let them;

I'm in complete support of any voluntary, honest, and peaceful contract between two private parties. However, if the Meadowlands owners are being bullied with threats of discrimination lawsuits, which is a tactic the Islamofascists have learned from the ACLU, or threatened in any other way, then it's not a market issue.