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Duke University reverses decision, will not allow Muslim call to prayer at its chapel
Charlotte Observer ^ | 01/15/2015 | Adam Bell

Posted on 01/15/2015 1:09:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Duke University has reversed itself, and announced Thursday afternoon it will not allow a Muslim call to prayer Friday from its iconic cathedral.

The decision had met with widespread controversy.

“Duke remains committed to fostering an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming campus for all of its students,” said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. “However, it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect.”

Members of the Muslim community will now gather on the quadrangle outside the chapel before moving to its regular location for prayers, Duke said.

The move to authorize the call to prayer from the chapel had roiled social media and led to a denunciation from evangelist Franklin Graham.

(Excerpt) Read more at charlotteobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: duke; dukeuniversity; islam; muslim; muslimcalltoprayer
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To: doug from upland
they are hilarious...

far funnier than the real sharpton and obama...


101 posted on 01/15/2015 3:02:21 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: wtd

“Members of the Muslim community will now gather for the call-to-prayer chant on the quadrangle outside the Chapel, a site of frequent interfaith programs and activities, before moving to their regular location for prayers.”

So...did you interpret the “reversal” to mean that the “call to prayer” will bellow forth from the quadrangle...just NOT the Bell Tower?

If so, doesn’t answer Graham’s question: Will evangelical Christians be allowed the same three minutes weekly to broadcast the message [Gospel] across campus?


102 posted on 01/15/2015 3:09:04 PM PST by thouworm
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To: Neoliberalnot

I can’t for the life of me fathom how all the liberals and aeithiest would welcome this happening on “their campus.” There would be violent riots if any bible verse were played on a loudspeaker on a schedule or if anything Christian were played from a mosque.

The fact that liberals who hate Christians supported or came up with this at Duke is pretty clear evidence that they are either closet muslims themselves, or they are bought and paid for.

They really delegitimize thier anti-Christian, anti- religion stances when they do things like this. It proves only Christians piss them off, not religion.

In essence it exposes them for the anti-patriot, American enemies they are. Their anti-Christian stances are really just a cover to attack American life, country and culture, which are intertwined with Christianity. Religion in itself clearly does not bother them.

These types of folks and the leaders of Duke should be charged , yet again, with treason, and other such subversion related crimes.


103 posted on 01/15/2015 3:14:17 PM PST by Individual Rights in NJ (I don't even know what to say anymore..)
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To: thouworm

Post #84 clarifies.


104 posted on 01/15/2015 3:15:02 PM PST by wtd
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To: SeekAndFind

If Muslims who declare this a religion of peace, cannot declare it so, the Christians shall deal with it.


105 posted on 01/15/2015 3:18:23 PM PST by eyedigress
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To: SeekAndFind

Now the campus won’t get to enjoy “One of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset”.


106 posted on 01/15/2015 3:18:56 PM PST by Proud2BeRight
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To: Bitsy

I am deeply offended whenever I hear the “Terrorists Call to Prey”, after all millions of my neighbors forbearers were captured by those people and sold into slavery and to this day they are still doing it.


107 posted on 01/15/2015 3:22:55 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Plinky

Why on earth should they allow Muslim prayers in their cathedral?

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Where they going to allow the prayers in the Cathedral or was this just the call to
prayer with the prayer held elsewhere. I think this was just the call to prayer.


108 posted on 01/15/2015 3:29:12 PM PST by deport
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To: SeekAndFind

IDIOCY!! FIRE the person that OK’D this CRAP!!!


109 posted on 01/15/2015 3:34:08 PM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ExTxMarine

CAIR will get a pig.


110 posted on 01/15/2015 3:35:29 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: notdownwidems

Why not both?


111 posted on 01/15/2015 3:54:36 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: TalBlack

The head count makes perfect sense. Who to behead and who not to behead, in other words.. Thank you.


112 posted on 01/15/2015 3:55:49 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: GeronL
How on Earth would anyone with half a brain think that?

WHY on Earth would anyone with half a brain think that?

113 posted on 01/15/2015 4:12:00 PM PST by Rudder
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To: SeekAndFind

““As Christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of Islam are raping, butchering, and beheading Christians, Jews, and anyone who doesn’t submit to their Sharia Islamic law, Duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism,” Graham wrote on Facebook.

In an interview Thursday before the reversal, Graham told The Charlotte Observer that Duke should not allow the chapel to be used for the call to prayer. “It’s wrong because it’s a different god,” he said. “Using the bell tower, that signifies worship of Jesus Christ. Using (it) as a minaret is wrong.”

That’s pretty strong.


114 posted on 01/15/2015 6:23:40 PM PST by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - a Classical C!hristian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Cementjungle

“Holder, the IRS and the whole Federal government...”

Has no power. The entire structure is made up of left wing wimps who have been castrated by femi-Nazis, who hate guns and don’t know how to use a weapon and who pee in their pants and run when confronted by men with weapons.

The IRS, ATF, FBI and Homeland Security are gutless state-sponsored terrorist organizations whose sole purpose is to terrorize women and children.


115 posted on 01/15/2015 6:45:24 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: SeekAndFind

Too late!! That bell has already been rung!! Expose and fire the a$$holes who made the decision in the first place.


116 posted on 01/15/2015 6:56:27 PM PST by SgtHooper (Anyone who remembers the 60's, wasn't there!)
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To: rlmorel

lol, ok. You are unchained from me. Lucky you.


117 posted on 01/15/2015 7:13:32 PM PST by Aliska
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To: SeekAndFind
The original plan drew the ire of evangelist Franklin Graham, who urged Duke alumni to withhold support because of violence against Christians that he attributed to Muslims

Bingo

118 posted on 01/15/2015 7:49:47 PM PST by TYVets
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To: Aliska
I created this app a while back:


119 posted on 01/15/2015 9:14:12 PM PST by rlmorel (The Media's Principles: Conflict must exist. Doesn't exist? Create it. Exists? Exacerbate it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Good. But how long will it stand is another matter.


120 posted on 01/16/2015 6:50:18 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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