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West Point opens Islamic worship space as Muslim cadets increase
Newsday.com ^
| 10/22/06
| Newsday.com
Posted on 10/22/2006 7:50:40 PM PDT by World_Events
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) _ Muslims at the U.S. Military Academy numbered just two in 2001. This year, there are 32.
Now West Point has opened its first space dedicated to Muslims, a worship hall complete with a pulpit facing Mecca. The space officially opened Thursday.
"I knew the Army had a policy of religious tolerance, but I didn't know it was to this extent," said first-year Cadet Ahmed Moomin, 20, from the Maldives.
Until now, Friday prayers were held in an increasingly crowded first-floor office, said Imam Asadullah, the academy's Muslim cleric. The number of Muslim cadets jumped by 10 from last year.
The new hall is large enough for dozens of followers, he said.
West Point's Muslim leaders approached administrators last year for help.
"We live in a world where everyone is looking at the United States saying, 'You're anti-Islam.' But here at West Point, that's not what we do," West Point Chaplain Col. John Cook said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barf; benedictarnolds; dhimmitude; enemywithin; fifthcolumn; infiltration; islam; jihad; letstrainourenemies; muslim; muslims; trop; usma; westpoint
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To: World_Events
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:53:05 PM PDT
by
peyton randolph
(No man knows the day nor the hour of The Coming of The Great White Handkerchief.)
To: World_Events
I thought Rod Serling died?
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:53:26 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: World_Events
This is sick.
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:55:19 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: World_Events
There are just no words...
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:55:37 PM PDT
by
Jotmo
(I Had a Bad Experience With the CIA and Now I'm Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - Swirling Eddies)
To: World_Events
What exactly are the entrance requirements and qualifications to enter West Point?
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:55:44 PM PDT
by
knarf
(Islamists kill each other ... News wall-to-wall, 24/7 .. don't touch that dial.)
To: World_Events
A triumph of Diversity! < barf>
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:56:34 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Is it too early for flapjacks?)
To: World_Events
Did they renounce the whole converstion at the end of a sword thing? Didn't think so...
Glad to see we're now teaching military tactics as best we can to all comers. /s
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:57:03 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking it's heritage.)
To: LasVegasMac
This is sick.
Why?
To: World_Events
Don't think I would wanna be in a foxhole with any of these guys when the lead started flying.
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:58:08 PM PDT
by
biff
To: LasVegasMac
All the fine soldiers who graduated at West Point are rolling over in their graves.
To: conservative in nyc
It needs to be explained to you?
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:58:39 PM PDT
by
Jotmo
(I Had a Bad Experience With the CIA and Now I'm Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - Swirling Eddies)
To: World_Events
Do the Islamic chaplains teach bomb-making, beheading and female subjugation when they're not busy praying to the moon god?
To: SIDENET
A triumph of Diversity"
Cannot be more diverse than training tomorrow's jihadists.
To: World_Events
worship hall complete with a pulpit facing Mecca. I wonder where their allegiance would reside if one day we had little choice but to turn Mecca into glass?
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:59:04 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: World_Events
I hope it is a targeting exercise. They are going to take us from within without firing a friggin shot. We need to get real and mean business.......THEY DO!!!!!!!!
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:59:04 PM PDT
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: World_Events; SandRat
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posted on
10/22/2006 7:59:48 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: World_Events
yikes,,,next thing we will hear, is that "the call to prayer will be heard by all astronauts" 5 TIMES A DAY,,,,, good grief...
To: World_Events
You know before 9-11 (perhaps even now, I don't know), the NYC public school system had special, ultra-tolerant arrangements for muslims kids; they had special prayer rooms, times set aside for prayer, and special meals, and stuff. And I mean, this was at public schools...
This was at a time when if you wrote about how great Jesus is, I guess you would get nailed to a cross, or something.
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posted on
10/22/2006 8:00:54 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: knarf
What exactly are the entrance requirements and qualifications to enter West Point?They were probably nominated by Obama.
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posted on
10/22/2006 8:01:02 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
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