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To: Howlin
And I wonder if there will be a prayer room in the nation's Capitol now.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it has already happened.
They're gathering in the basement already. I simply Googled this article; I don't know who the group is that posted this back in June.

At midday on Fridays, Muslims gather to pray in a basement room of the U.S. Capitol. . . . At first just a prayer group, later a Muslim support group, the association is now looking outward to change what [they] see as woeful ignorance about Islam on Capitol Hill and beyond, according to Jameel Aalim-Johnson, a Muslim and chief of staff for Rep. Meeks, D-New York.

Some 100 non-Muslim congressional colleagues attended an association luncheon and the showing of part of a documentary on Islam in America. Visiting Imams from the Middle East recently met with association members. The congressional chaplain's office consulted them about offering classes on Islam on Capitol Hill, said association member Nayyera Haq, daughter of Pakistani immigrants and spokeswoman for Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo. “We're excited and hopeful,” Haq said of the group's new mission. "It's nice to be Muslim and feel hopeful about the future.”

21 posted on 01/03/2007 8:47:27 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (This is my tagline. There are many like it but this one is mine.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Meeks! What a creep that guy is.

These articles are very depressing to me.


29 posted on 01/03/2007 8:57:57 PM PST by Howlin (Not voting GOP was like being thirsty but not drinking since the glass is only 75% full ~~SoCalPol)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"It's nice to be Muslim and feel hopeful about the future.”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... oh, my sides.

42 posted on 01/03/2007 9:29:41 PM PST by La Enchiladita (People get ready . . .)
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