Speaking of the "Call to Prayer"...

[makattak]

Duke University is going to use the chapel to broadcast the islamic call to prayer Friday:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/15/us/duke-call-to-prayer/

Oh, except in one of the fastest turn-abouts in collegiate history, now they won't:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/duke-hold-weekly-muslim-call-prayer-chapel-tower-28247220

Apparently Mr. Graham knows exactly where to hit the university. It seems liberal hypocrisy does have bounds: their wallets.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

I'd you check the pedigree of the dean who was behind this it's easy to see how it happened.  I am shocked anyone in the admin dared correct her. I expect litigation


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[Hawkmoon]

Muslim students have been holding prayer services in the basement of the chapel for the past two years.

If they've already been holding services for two years, they already know where to find them. And the traditional call to prayer is (a) disrupting to the 14,300 students who DON'T "self identify" as Muslim, and (b) an anachronism in a day and age when everyone carries a smart phone that can be set to sound an alarm at prayer time.

If the Muslims think they need a call to prayer, they should go somewhere that it's the custom. Do you think a university in Saudi Arabia would allow Christian services in the mosque, or allow a Christian hymn to be played or a psalm to be read over a loudspeaker every Sunday?

Every day I learn to despise liberals even more than I did the day before.

[Sergeant Bob]

If they've already been holding services for two years, they already know where to find them. And the traditional call to prayer is (a) disrupting to the 14,300 students who DON'T "self identify" as Muslim, and (b) an anachronism in a day and age when everyone carries a smart phone that can be set to sound an alarm at prayer time.

If the Muslims think they need a call to prayer, they should go somewhere that it's the custom. Do you think a university in Saudi Arabia would allow Christian services in the mosque, or allow a Christian hymn to be played or a psalm to be read over a loudspeaker every Sunday?

Every day I learn to despise liberals even more than I did the day before.

[Jamisjockey]

Kowtowing to the Muslims is about creating another protected class, pure and simple.  If you don't, you're Islmaphobe/racist/don't support freedom of religion, amirite?

[MechAg94]

I think it is also a combination of 1) deep down, they really hate Christians, and 2) they know Muslims will atually hurt so they have a Stockholm Syndrome of sorts.  They will never admit this since Liberals are never wrong and will go out of their way to justify their own beliefs.

[brimic]

Kowtowing to the Muslims is about creating another protected class, pure and simple.  If you don't, you're Islmaphobe/racist/don't support freedom of religion, amirite?

It won't be long until it will be a hate crime, just like with other protected classes of people in our country.

[KD5NRH]

If the Muslims think they need a call to prayer, they should go somewhere that it's the custom. Do you think a university in Saudi Arabia would allow Christian services in the mosque, or allow a Christian hymn to be played or a psalm to be read over a loudspeaker every Sunday?

Just Sundays?  I time my morning routine by the carillons at the Baptist church half a mile away.  8AM every day, with special selections and a 11AM ringing on Sunday, and even more on Good Friday and Christmas Day.  Wonder how long that would last in a Muslim country.

Then again, wouldn't I Thessalonians 5:17 mean that they should also run a Christian call to prayer 24x7?

[Waitone]

"There was considerable traffic and conversation and even a little bit of confusion, both within the campus and certainly outside, about what Duke was doing," Schoenfeld said. "The purposes and goals and even the facts had been so mischaracterized as to turn it into a divisive situation, not a unifying situation."

He also said there were concerns about safety and security, but he declined to elaborate on whether any specific threats had been received.

The bold part is what is getting play in these parts.  In other words, Duke gave into to "Christian" activists because of a threat of violence.  First time that has ever  showed up in print.  It was an ill-advised move by Duke and they were called out by one man.  Just shows what a little push-back will accomplish.

[makattak]

The bold part is what is getting play in these parts.  In other words, Duke gave into to "Christian" activists because of a threat of violence.  First time that has ever  showed up in print.  It was an ill-advised move by Duke and they were called out by one man.  Just shows what a little push-back will accomplish.

He declined to elaborate on what the threats were because the legitimate threats were to their bottom line.

[Monkeyleg]

I can't imagine being awakened at dawn by an imam making whining sounds in to a microphone. I mean, really, the sound is so obnoxious that they even cover their own ears.