“I may not like an Islamic prayer and wouldn’t participate, but I’d listen respectfully or even use the time to quietly pray to my Lord.”
You would be okay with town council meetings opening with an Islamic call to prayer asking Allah to bless the meeting?
“You would be okay with town council meetings opening with an Islamic call to prayer asking Allah to bless the meeting?”
I wouldn’t like it, but I respect their right to pray to Allah. Back when I was agnostic, I listened respectfully during public prayers, like when I was in the USAF and social events were often started with prayer. If I could do that as an agnostic, I could also do that for Islam.
Again, that doesn’t mean I like Islam, and Muslims must not be allowed to substitute shariah for our constitutionally enumerated freedoms. However, I respect the right of a Muslim majority community in America to practice their religion in the public square so long as no one’s rights are oppressed. Islam would be freely practiced but it would have to be kept in a very tight box of American liberty.