This is some serious stuff. I cannot believe that this is happening. If the muslims are granted the right to play the loudspeaker, its going to get REALLY BAD.
Thoughts????????
GEL
Joanne Golen, a lifelong resident of Hamtramck, said she finds the content of the Moslem call to prayer offensive.
"It says Allah is the one and only God. I am Christian. My God is Jesus Christ. That is my only objection: that I have to listen to a God other than the one I believe in praised five times a day," said Golen, 68.
But Masud Khan, secretary of the Al-Islah mosque, said the purpose of the call, which lasts less than two minutes, is not to proselytize. "We are not inviting" non-Moslems, he said. "We are calling our Moslem people, reminding them they are obligated to come to pray."
http://www.falangist.com/michmosq.htm
Here is another link
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0430/p01s03-ussc.html
"It's been blown way out of proportion," says Masud Khan, the secretary for Al-Islah, as he sits in the mosque's prayer room. He points out that three Detroit towns on Hamtramck's borders have been issuing the calls for years without objection. Mr. Khan and other Muslims compare the calls to church bells - religious sounds that travel into the community. And with so many Muslims living nearby, he says, broadcasting the calls is the mosque's duty. "This is a freedom-of-religion country. And if you follow your religion, you have to have tolerance for others."
In Al-Islah's foyer, flyers explain the calls to non-Muslims. They'll sound five times a day - at sunrise, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and nightfall - last a little over a minute, and include proclamations that translate as "Allah is the greatest," "Mohammed is the messenger of Allah," "Come to prayer," and "Come to success." They are meant only for Muslims, says Mr. Khan. "We are not preaching."
Thoughts????????
GEL
Joanne Golen, a lifelong resident of Hamtramck, said she finds the content of the Moslem call to prayer offensive.
"It says Allah is the one and only God. I am Christian. My God is Jesus Christ. That is my only objection: that I have to listen to a God other than the one I believe in praised five times a day," said Golen, 68.
But Masud Khan, secretary of the Al-Islah mosque, said the purpose of the call, which lasts less than two minutes, is not to proselytize. "We are not inviting" non-Moslems, he said. "We are calling our Moslem people, reminding them they are obligated to come to pray."
http://www.falangist.com/michmosq.htm
Here is another link
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0430/p01s03-ussc.html
"It's been blown way out of proportion," says Masud Khan, the secretary for Al-Islah, as he sits in the mosque's prayer room. He points out that three Detroit towns on Hamtramck's borders have been issuing the calls for years without objection. Mr. Khan and other Muslims compare the calls to church bells - religious sounds that travel into the community. And with so many Muslims living nearby, he says, broadcasting the calls is the mosque's duty. "This is a freedom-of-religion country. And if you follow your religion, you have to have tolerance for others."
In Al-Islah's foyer, flyers explain the calls to non-Muslims. They'll sound five times a day - at sunrise, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and nightfall - last a little over a minute, and include proclamations that translate as "Allah is the greatest," "Mohammed is the messenger of Allah," "Come to prayer," and "Come to success." They are meant only for Muslims, says Mr. Khan. "We are not preaching."
