Posted on 11/09/2014 12:52:04 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Dion Waiters informs Northeast Ohio Media Group that he is a Muslim and plans to skip national anthems
• Update: Dion Waiters clarifies remarks about his pregame ritual, will be there for anthems
DENVER, Colo. – Prior to the Cavaliers getting set to take on the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, one of their players was missing from the pregame opening events.
Dion Waiters was nowhere to be found when the national anthem was being sung. He was absent when the starting lineups were introduced.
It was the first game of the season that he was coming off the bench. He finally arrived from the locker room to join the Cavaliers' bench a couple seconds before tip off. Folks started to speculate if he was injured, disgruntled or if this was his way of rebelling?
Turns out, Waiters was just acting in accordance with what he feels his religious beliefs are.
Waiters informed Northeast Ohio Media Group that he is a Muslim and that's the reason he excused himself prior to the national anthem.
"It's because of my religion," Waiters told NEOMG. "That's why I stayed in the locker room."
Waiters says he is rededicating himself more to his Muslim faith. He appears to be in a happier state.
(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...
Looks like you are going to have problem then.
“Looks like you are going to have problem then.”
You been talkin’ to my mom?
Maybe your mon knew God. Ever think of that?
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.
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.
Blacks are 2nd class citizens in Islam. Guess he’s ok with that.
You would be hard pressed that this country was not founded upon God. I like your Mom.
Instead of his next pay check the owners should just chop his head off.
Another misunderstander of Islam, haven’t they told us Muslims are patriotic Americans making contributions to our society.
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.
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!
“This proves that orthodox Islam is not compatible with Western democracy.”
islam in any form......a cancer in our society
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.
Agreed, the NBA does not play basketball any longer it’s nothing more then a bunch of gangsters playing getto ball.
Wow, proclaiming to be a muslim sure lets one get away with quite a bit..
so will this shite eating muslime still take the evil white man's money with In GOD We Trust on it??? i thought so...
You know, you’re probably right...
Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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