Muslim Day at Six Flags a time to relax and connect with others

Chicago Tribune ^ | 7/25/08 | Deborah Horan

[lado]

n any other day, Sobia Ahmed would opt to forgo many of the snacks on offer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. To perform the Islamic prayers she recites five times a day, she likely would slip onto a secluded path at the amusement park or look for solace under a shady tree for a few furtive minutes.

But this Saturday Ahmed and her family will eat and pray at their leisure in the park with hundreds of other Muslims from the Chicago area who plan to visit the sprawling entertainment center for a day catered especially to them.

For the fourth time since 2004, Six Flags in Gurnee is sponsoring Muslim Day, bringing in outside caterers to provide halal food and turning an amphitheater into a makeshift mosque to accommodate Muslims who observe dietary laws and strict prayer schedules. Muslims who plan to go say they appreciate the sense of community the event creates as well as the opportunity to talk about Islam with curious non-Muslims at the park.

[lado]

Ooooh boy...

[alecqss]

“Muslim day” is a time to relax?!!

[Red in Blue PA]

Wouldn’t a burka get caught up in the rides????

[Larry381]

Just keep they away plane rides

[voteNRA]

I’m sure it will be a Blast!

[Gay State Conservative]

Cleaning up after the goats must be fun for the staff.

[Mr. Mojo]

For the fourth time since 2004, Six Flags in Gurnee is sponsoring Muslim Day,

Since 9/11/01 the Islamic ass kissing in America has been steadily increasing, and CAIR is getting more uppity by the minute. Seems there's an unofficial contest to see who can out-tolerant everyone else.

[Old Sarge]

And the Sheep will be slaughtered...

[Gay State Conservative]

Muslims who plan to go say they appreciate the sense of community the event creates as well as the opportunity to talk about Islam with curious non-Muslims at the park.

I'd love to have a chat with a moslem regarding that passage in the "holy" koran that commands moslems to "smite the infidels on the neck".

Of course,doing so in Chicago will get me numerous "hate crime" charges.

[Old Sarge]

It’s like Gay Day at Disney World: the company gets revenue from the inhabitants of the park, and all other unbelievers (whether un-gay or dhimmi) will be driven off.

[chopperman]

Excuse me, but when will they hold ‘Christian Day’? I would very much enjoy going there on a day when I wouldn't have to put up with those who are so easily offended. Isn't this discriminatory?

[aShepard]

Jeez!

This would be a bad day to get a cab ride, or get change at 7-11!

[Melinda]

Ooooooh, I bet that's a FUN day!! Do they also offer henna hand-decorating booths? Sheep slaughtering in the street demonstrations and infidel heads as the pellet gun targets - (win a stuffed camel) - and throw the dating teenage daughter out of the car at the top of the roller coaster for free! All this topped with mystery meat kabobs and a “stone the blond woman” competition. The one who can lie the most wins a free day for the family at the next All Muslim Day. Kneeling pads and prayer rugs decorated with the Six Flags logo may be purchased at the gate. I'll never go to Six Flags again.

[Levante]

They can take their “holy” koran and shove it up their asses...

Any ‘book’ that condones, even commands, female bondage, slavery, and child abuse, can go F**k off.

[isrul]

Hmmm. Did they ever have a day to accommodate Orthodox Jews? Or Amish? Or Mormons? this pandering to a seventh century death cult is beyond disgusting. This cult's ideology is so alien and contrary and hostile to America; the thought of accommodating it in any way is just not acceptable. It's like holding a special day for the American Bund back n the 30’s. Actually, even worse.

[isrul]

We have met the sheep and it is us.

[isrul]

I'd like to see gay day and muzzie day combined at one of the cesspool parks. That would be amusing.

[Melinda]

Now, that sight would be quite reminiscent of any medina in Morocco.

[Natchez Hawk]

Well Six Flags is the place to lose your head...

[Misschuck]

Wouldn’t a burka get caught up in the rides????

Burkas, turbins, all that cr@p caught in rides, too bad.