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Georgetown Opens First-of-Its-Kind Mosque on a U.S. College Campus
Georgetown University News ^ | 3/24/23

Posted on 05/05/2023 7:57:08 PM PDT by marshmallow

Every day, Tabshir Forkan (C’24) walks to Georgetown’s masjid, or mosque, on campus for its daily prayer services.

He steps into the sunlit, open worship space to pray. Afterward, he often finds himself in the masjid’s community space, attending spiritual discussions and dinners, studying, meeting with friends.

“It’s a space I feel myself drawn to,” he says. “I can’t seem to stay away.”

In spending time at the masjid, Forkan has felt his Islamic faith deepen — something he had worried about in leaving his Muslim community and masjid back home for a Catholic, Jesuit university, and forging his own identity as a Muslim.

“To come here and not lose that space and not lose that community — only to find a new community and new friends to be around — has been incredibly powerful,” he said. “It has only helped me progress along and connect more with my faith.”

On March 18, Georgetown officially opened the Yarrow Mamout Masjid, the first mosque with ablution stations, a spirituality and formation hall and a halal kitchen on a U.S. college campus. Georgetown was also the first U.S. university to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain, Imam Yahya Hendi, 24 years ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at georgetown.edu ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Islam; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: georgetown; jesuits; jesuitsforjihad
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1 posted on 05/05/2023 7:57:08 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Complete with 130 dB outdoor speakers six times a day?


2 posted on 05/05/2023 7:58:15 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone else…)
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To: marshmallow

That used to be a Catholic school I believe.


3 posted on 05/05/2023 8:00:17 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: marshmallow
There is nothing wrong with the Muslim infiltration of American institutions. After all, it’s a peaceful religion. Oh, wait. Maybe not.

So, yeah. It looks to me like the wolf will eventually devour the stupid, clueless sheep. It’s sickening. And there seems to be no way to stop it.

4 posted on 05/05/2023 8:03:37 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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5 posted on 05/05/2023 8:14:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Leaning Right

Now I’m looking forward to the rapture even more after reading this!


6 posted on 05/05/2023 8:28:42 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: marshmallow

Christopher Hitchens on Islam

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u6cpNhMx_AE


7 posted on 05/05/2023 8:29:19 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: marshmallow

So much for being a Catholic college. It’s really sicken how the Church is betraying Christ.


8 posted on 05/05/2023 8:29:39 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: marshmallow

I have zero tolerance for the death cult of the pagan Arabian moon god allah and his pedophile warlord “prophet” moHAMmed (pork be upon him!)!


9 posted on 05/05/2023 8:30:28 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Here’s hoping they repent before it’s too late!


10 posted on 05/05/2023 8:30:56 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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> Now I’m looking forward to the rapture even more after reading this! <

Me too. In the meantime, I’ll be keeping my eyes open. My rust-belt region is being flooded with Latino illegals. That’s not entirely bad. At least those folks are Christians. They will push back against the Muslims.

And should that dam ever break, I’m off to rural hill country. I’ve got a few acres there, enough to put up a trailer and a solar panel.


11 posted on 05/05/2023 8:38:08 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Isn’t that where Obama had the Greek or Latin insignia for Christ covered in the chapel where he spoke?


12 posted on 05/05/2023 9:01:25 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.")
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I don’t recall hearing about that


13 posted on 05/05/2023 9:02:30 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: ConservativeInPA

Georgetown is as Catholic as the Pope. I hate muslim scum.


14 posted on 05/05/2023 9:06:36 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: marshmallow

Like deliberately injecting yourself with saliva from a rabid dog.


15 posted on 05/05/2023 9:06:40 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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Isn’t that where Obama had the Greek or Latin insignia for Christ covered in the chapel where he spoke?

Healy Hall. The auditorium in the main building of campus. Yes, Obama came to speak and the White House requested crossed be covered up. 2009, I believe. Shameful

16 posted on 05/05/2023 9:58:08 PM PDT by PGR88
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WE WILL HEVER FORGET!!! What a joke that has turned out to be!!


17 posted on 05/05/2023 9:59:11 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

HEVER= NEVER. OOPS


18 posted on 05/05/2023 10:00:00 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: marshmallow

William Peter Blatty, the author of the Exorcist, and an alumni of Georgetown, sued the apostate university for selling out on abortion and homosexuality. Georgetown has been a cesspool of heresy for decades. But is the icing on a rancid cake.


19 posted on 05/05/2023 10:31:20 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("Our hearts are restless, Oh Lord, until they rest in thee"- St. Augustine)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Georgetown University began to go marxist back in the 1970s, esp. Their Latin Americans studies section led by far-left Jesuits. They never left this position.


20 posted on 05/06/2023 12:18:27 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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