Posted on 06/01/2022 11:07:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The chant in Arabic blasted from rooftop loudspeakers, drowning out both the growl of traffic from nearby interstates and the chatter and clinking glasses on the patio of the dive bar that shares a wall with Minneapolis’ oldest Somali mosque.
Dozens of men in fashionably ripped jeans or impeccably ironed kameez tunics rushed toward the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque. Teens clutched smartphones, and some of the older devout shuffled in with the aid of walkers from the high-rise complex across the street where thousands of Somalis live.
This spring Minneapolis became the first large city in the United States to allow the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, to be broadcast publicly by its two dozen mosques.
As more of them get ready to join Dar Al-Hijrah in doing so, the transforming soundscape is testament to the large and increasingly visible Muslim community, which is greeting the change with both celebration and caution, lest it cause backlash.
The adhan declares that God is great and proclaims the Prophet Muhammad as his messenger. It exhorts men — women are not required — to go to the closest mosque five times a day for prayer, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
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Broadcast through outdoor targets...I mean speakers.
40 years ago, Minneapolis was such a nice place. This makes me sad.
So... Churches can go back to ringing the hour then.... Right?
I was born in Minneapolis! My Mom used to go shopping at “Donaldsons” dressed in heels and a dress. City is a POS now thanks to the commies and mooselimb bastards.
Does Bose make sound cancellation “loudspeakers”?
So quickly would it last if Christians and Jews blasted out something loud enough to be heard for miles 3 times a day, reminding people to pray at meal time? If you answered “Shorter than a fruit fly’s lifespan”, you win a stuffed animal on the top shelf.
So quickly = So how quickly
That is the true meaning of "allahu akbar", which is the battle cry of jihadists. Imagine an American city letting a church blare out 6 times the words "Jesus is Lord!!"
It’s become a real Somalian hellhole.
Has the ACLU ever gone after Christian ministers, etc for broadcasting a prayer in the same way? I’m pretty sure they have.
Wonder if they’ll do that here.
Oh wait, the muslim’s aren’t using public utility poles....Nothing we can do about it.
That or they don’t want their throats slit.
Islam, the religion of the Beast.
obama’s legacy
You can thank Bush Sr for the importation of all of them. The process only accelerating under Clinton and his son.
Actually, GHW Bush.
Actually it would be appropriate to blame G. W. Bush for this travesty. Remember his infamous quote that Islam is a religion of peace.
Muslim Mosques = JIHAD Bases
“City is a POS now thanks to the commies and mooselimb bastards.”
Geographical mixing of different cultures (i.e. diversity) has its limits.
We’ve trampled on the memory of 9/11
Wish I could say you guys are incorrect
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