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Finding a place to pray (Parent wants a private space for her 10-year-old son for Muslim prayer)
northjersey.com ^ | Thursday, February 19, 2009 | ANDREA ALEXANDER

Posted on 02/19/2009 6:58:12 PM PST by Coleus

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Adam Awwad, 10, praying at the Circassian Benevolent Association in Wayne after being driven there from school by his mother.

Read the U.S. Department of Education guidelines on prayer in schools  * The guidelines state: "Students may pray when not engaged in school activities or instruction, subject to the same rules designed to prevent material disruption of the educational program that are applied to other privately initiated expressive activities.'' 

 Many school districts in NJ and the USA are making accommodations for some religions and not others.  As you can see in the article districts are helping out.  In some NJ school districts they are now closing for El Eid and Ramadan and listing the religious holiday by name, you don't see that with Christmas.  The word Christmas is replaced by Winter or Holiday and remember, Christmas is a Federal Holiday and by law it should be listed as such because a school district is a public entity.   And just don't dress as Jesus for Halloween or bring in a Bible or pray before school starts or before meals, you will be told not to.  Is it OK to say Christmas?  No way!  It's Holidays or Winter Recess, no more Christmas break.  Check the Calendar, for Christmas;  it's called Holiday Recess

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1 posted on 02/19/2009 6:58:13 PM PST by Coleus
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To: Coleus

In font of a Urinal would be good.


2 posted on 02/19/2009 7:00:56 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: Coleus

Try mecca.


3 posted on 02/19/2009 7:01:05 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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Bigotry towards Christians and pandering to Islam. Sickening.


4 posted on 02/19/2009 7:01:45 PM PST by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)
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To: Coleus

It is “unconstitutional” to pray in school in America. Didn’t these idiots get the memo?


5 posted on 02/19/2009 7:03:14 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have You Punched A Democrat Today? - Do it for the children.)
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The reason that muslims get away with this and Christians don’t is because Christians aren’t pushy. And they won’t lop off your head.


6 posted on 02/19/2009 7:03:25 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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Is he praying for our muslim president? For the end of the Great Satan?


7 posted on 02/19/2009 7:04:08 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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"Why can't he be on his own for five minutes praying?" said Awwad, a Palestinian who moved to the United States from Jordan 11 years ago.

If it's that important to them, a move back to Jordan would be the way to go.

8 posted on 02/19/2009 7:04:17 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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Adam Awwad can use a restroom stall for all the privacy he needs to get Allah out of his sytem. He just shouldn’t leave the door open.


9 posted on 02/19/2009 7:05:56 PM PST by Post Toasties (Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
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I’ve seen muslims who live in islamic states just move off to the side and pray where ever they are... they didn’t need a private room or a place for ritual washing.


10 posted on 02/19/2009 7:06:04 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: DJ MacWoW
That shows Muslims' relationship to chimps. Either will take your head off when they go insane.
11 posted on 02/19/2009 7:08:38 PM PST by Post Toasties (Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
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Dear Mrs. Awwad:

One the reasons people leave places like your former home is because the religion there has failed to make accommodations to modern times. This country is what it is because Christians, Jews and others have accommodated their faiths, without compromising their principles, to the realities of public education and public and private employment. You and your fellow believers need to seriously decide what to do: accommodate to this nation or go back home and accept all the disagreeable parts of living in a nation which accommodated itself to a medival religion.

Your choices are: open a private school, get a ruling from whatever authority you accept that schooltime and worktime prayers can be performed without being on the floor on a rug, allow prayers to pray five times a day but let them shift the times to accommodate their needs. Your faith is the one which needs to accommodate to modernity, not the other way around.

Sincerely,
Someone who prays daily on her own time


12 posted on 02/19/2009 7:09:35 PM PST by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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Does Little Awwad have a butcher knife?


13 posted on 02/19/2009 7:09:53 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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What a bummer.

Poor Awwad cant pray ... or stone other children... poor kid


14 posted on 02/19/2009 7:12:43 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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That was a good post. Too bad you are infidel and she won’t be able to read it.


15 posted on 02/19/2009 7:14:28 PM PST by max americana
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To: Coleus

Back in whatever hellhole he came out of.

In fact, give him the same privileges as Christians. Which is bupkiss.


16 posted on 02/19/2009 7:15:55 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (NOW)
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Then why don’t you go back to your own country. I bet there are plenty of places to pray there.


17 posted on 02/19/2009 7:17:19 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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Geez these cute little muslim kids.

They blow up so quickly.


18 posted on 02/19/2009 7:17:29 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (NOW)
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Screw the little devil worshipper.


19 posted on 02/19/2009 7:17:53 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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Go home.


20 posted on 02/19/2009 7:19:08 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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