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Islamic call to prayer over loudspeaker OK, almost
The Detroit Free Press AP wire ^
| April 20, 2004, 11:48 PM
| AP
Posted on 04/20/2004 9:27:03 PM PDT by quantim
Edited on 05/07/2004 7:13:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) -- A mosque took another step Tuesday night toward being allowed to send out a call to prayer to Muslims on a loudspeaker.
In a 5-0 vote, the City Council gave its preliminary approval to the Bangladeshi al-Islah mosque to carry the Arabic call to prayer five times a day. The mosque compromised by agreeing not to air the call before 6 a.m. or after 10 p.m.
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Be very afraid. I watched this on local news, the locals are furious. Your neighborhood could be next.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:27:03 PM PDT
by
quantim
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To: quantim
I suppose it's a victory, of sorts. the screeching of fanatics, summoning their benighted kind to raise their butts like submissive baboons will not be heard before 6 a.m. or after 10 p.m.
Until the jawas decide that allah wants them to do it whenever they want.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:33:01 PM PDT
by
epigone73
To: All
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:33:43 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: quantim
Why don't they just issue pagers to all the mosque patrons? Oh yeah, I forgot, Islam is still stuck in the 11th century.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:33:49 PM PDT
by
xrp
To: Baynative
Church bells only ring on Sunday and some special occasions.
Prayer calls are five times a day, 365 days a year. And the ones I heard are louder and more annoying than any church bell.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:35:35 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Proud member of the right wing extremist Neanderthals.)
To: epigone73
6:01 am and 9:59pm.
You watch....
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:39:53 PM PDT
by
motzman
(Remember Fabrizio Quattrocchi - Hero)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Church bells are just bells. This is a Muslim prayer celebrating Muhammad.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:41:58 PM PDT
by
Piranha
To: quantim
I wonder what is going to happen when the muslims decide to use sunup and sunset as their time to issue the calls rather than 6am and 10pm. What is the purpose of calling for prayer when the prayer is already over?
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:42:52 PM PDT
by
texastoo
(a "has-been" Republican)
To: Baynative
"We are not inviting (non-Muslims)," he said. "We are calling our Muslim people, reminding them they are obligated to come to pray."
I should have also mentioned in the newscast that there was 'no decibel' level set by the city council. There is quite a difference between an electronic amplified religious rant (of any kind) and a church bell.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:44:05 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: quantim
Besides being a pandering bunch of weasels on the city council, this is just stupid. Imagine if you were a tourist or visitor to this town and you hear this crap 5 times a day. Would you not think that this is a muslim town, and perhaps a little out of place in America? This is ridiculous and the people need to throw those council members out on their behinds.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:44:11 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Our Liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain!)
To: Baynative
...and I just heard about a law suit to prevent a Christian Church from ringing it's bells.
Do you have a link?
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:46:18 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: quantim
""We are not inviting (non-Muslims)," he said. "We are calling our Muslim people, reminding them they are obligated to come to pray.""Yeah, well save that Muslim caterwaulin' for the old 'hood in Desertville, sparky. Here, we use church announcements. In case you hadn't noticed.........Islam isn't too well loved in this country these days.
Get lost.
To: quantim
The thing that annoys my son in Afghanistan is waking up to morning prayer on the loudspeaker. He said that most of them spend a good portion of the day during patrols trying to figure out a way to accidental blow the thing up.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:47:49 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(Bring Them Home Now.org--The Few, The Loud, The Latrine)
To: quantim
"We are calling our Muslim people, reminding them they are obligated to come to pray." If they are so damn holy, how come they have to be reminded 5 times a day.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:48:50 PM PDT
by
paul51
To: armymarinemom
He said that most of them spend a good portion of the day during patrols trying to figure out a way to accidental blow the thing up.Suicide bomber pigeons?
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:51:28 PM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: vpintheak
Next thing we'll probably see is "Sacred Cows" walking the streets.
To: quantim
Suicide bomber pigeons?That just may work. He is hoping that they blow it up themselves during one of the rocket attacks.
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posted on
04/20/2004 9:55:05 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(care package-->,socks-2.50, razors-7.50,letter from home-priceless)
To: armymarinemom
"We are calling our Muslim people, reminding them they are obligated to come to pray." If they have to be reminded five times a day, they may be more stupid than I thought.
To: quantim
Americans should allow the calls of the muezzin to echo above American towns starting on the day that Muslims allow Christian churches to ring their bells in Muslim countries.
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posted on
04/20/2004 10:07:25 PM PDT
by
etcetera
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