NBA Cavaliers' Dion Waiters Informs Media That He Is Muslim, Plans to Skip National Anthems

Northeast Ohio Media Group ^ | November 7, 2014 | Chris Haynes,

[Karl Spooner]

That said, I shy from these litmus tests mostly because I do not want them applied to me. People should hire me for a job because I am the best candidate for that job, not for my beliefs.

Looks like you are going to have problem then.

[rey]

“Looks like you are going to have problem then.”

You been talkin’ to my mom?

[Karl Spooner]

You been talkin’ to my mom?

Maybe your mon knew God. Ever think of that?

[rey]

Be nice.

Professed knowledge God and respect have little to do with one another. Were there a Mennonite, Quaker, or Amish basketball team, there is a fair chance they would not stand for the anthem and one could hardly say they do not know God.

[Hot Tabasco]

I was guessing the ACLU or some other smuck attorney could successfully sue the team if they just fired him as suggested in other comments

I'd go one step better, I'd make him ride the bench for the rest of the season........then put him on the auction block at the end of the year.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Blacks are 2nd class citizens in Islam. Guess he’s ok with that.

[Karl Spooner]

Professed knowledge God and respect have little to do with one another. Were there a Mennonite, Quaker, or Amish basketball team, there is a fair chance they would not stand for the anthem and one could hardly say they do not know God.

You would be hard pressed that this country was not founded upon God. I like your Mom.

[dalereed]

Instead of his next pay check the owners should just chop his head off.

[stylin19a]

can he keep is name and be a Mohammedan?

[Jabba the Nutt]

Another misunderstander of Islam, haven’t they told us Muslims are patriotic Americans making contributions to our society.

[rey]

Never said it wasn’t founded on God. The point was there are some Godly people who think displays of patriotism and national allegiance are not compatible with a Godly way of life. Though the country may have been founded on God or religious freedom, the country is not God. And while we are far from a theocracy, if, as you say, we are a Godly nation, failure to recognize God is not an offense punishable under our laws, nor should it be. That is something for our Creator and the here after.

The lack of respect that Waiters displays toward a country that has allowed him to achieve so much is detestable and perhaps morally criminal but it is not legally criminal.

[CodeToad]

Send his ass home! Don’t like this country then don’t try to earn a living using her. We ain’t just a paycheck, jackass!

[Enten]

“This proves that orthodox Islam is not compatible with Western democracy.”

islam in any form......a cancer in our society

[EDINVA]

If this doesn’t work to garner the attention he seeks, he could next come out of the closet as the first openly gay Muslim NBA star.

[jpsb]

Agreed, the NBA does not play basketball any longer it’s nothing more then a bunch of gangsters playing getto ball.

[jughandle]

Wow, proclaiming to be a muslim sure lets one get away with quite a bit..

[Chode]

so will this shite eating muslime still take the evil white man's money with In GOD We Trust on it???

i thought so...

[NFHale]

You know, you’re probably right...

[PghBaldy]

Jehovah’s Witnesses.