Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Members of Duke University’s Muslim Students Association will begin chanting a weekly call-to-prayer from the bell tower of the school’s chapel this Friday, in what one religious expert called a first-of-its-kind development. The chant, known as the adhan, will be “moderately amplified†from the chapel to alert the community of the weekly Friday prayer service. The Muslim chaplain at Duke Imam Adeel Zeb said in a statement that the call-to-prayer “serves as a reminder to serve our brothers and sisters in humanity.†“The adhan is the call to prayer that brings Muslims back to their purpose in life,†Zeb said. Christy Lohr Sapp, the associate dean of religious life at Duke’s chapel, said the broadcasting of the chant “represents a larger commitment to religious pluralism that is at the heart of Duke’s mission.†“Our goal in Religious Life is to create a place where religious expression is valued and supported and to foster the spiritual development of the various communities on campus,†Sapp said in an email. In Muslim communities across the globe, the adhan is broadcast up to five times a dayâ€â€once for each of the five daily prayers. On Friday afternoons, Muslims gather for the congregational Jummah prayer. Princeton University Imam & Muslim Life Program Coordinator Sohaib Sultan called Duke’s announcement is a “wonderful recognition of the religious diversity at Duke,†noting that as far as he knows, the move is unprecedented. “The Muslim call to prayer is a melodious chant that will be appreciated by anyone, regardless of faith, who has an ear for spiritual songs,†said Sohaib, who also authored the book The Koran for Dummies. “As far as I know this is unprecedented and a welcome first.†At New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus, students are alerted of the call-to-prayer by Al Fajr clocks, which display prayer times and light up when the call-to-prayer is announced. The campus is located on Saadiyat Island where students can no longer properly hear the call-to-prayer broadcast throughout Abu Dhabi. At Emory University in Atlanta, the school’s Muslim Student Association broadcast the adhan throughout the month of February in 2010 during Islamic Awareness Month. Not everyone is praising the announcement. Franklin Graham, a Christian evangelist and son of famed evangelical and Baptist minister Billy Graham, slammed Duke’s announcement in a Facebook post. “As Christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of Islam are raping, butchering, and beheading Christians, Jews, and anyone who doesn’t submit to their Sharia Islamic law, Duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism,†Graham wrote. “I call on the donors and alumni to withhold their support from Duke until this policy is reversed.†Source: http://time.com/3668178/muslim-duke-call-to-prayer/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz 4,253 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 christian rock and an ipod franklin. I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I love watching all my conservative family members flipping out over this on Facebook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Buffay 73 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 This is so offensive. God can't we have a moment of laughter without someone crying? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus 1,494 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 God can't we have a moment of laughter without someone crying? :usrs: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mast 980 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 God can't we have a moment of laughter without someone crying? It's not funny though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 “As Christianity is being excluded from the public square and followers of Islam are raping, butchering, and beheading Christians, Jews, and anyone who doesn’t submit to their Sharia Islamic law, Duke is promoting this in the name of religious pluralism,†He has a point. “The Muslim call to prayer is a melodious chant that will be appreciated by anyone, regardless of faith, who has an ear for spiritual songs,†said Sohaib, who also authored the book The Koran for Dummies. It's not just beautiful music like the playing of church bells on a Sunday morning. It's religious propaganda in a language most people can't understand, and that would annoy me if it was comprehensible. http://islam.about.com/cs/prayer/f/adhan_english.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae 86 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 This is just to much - Islamic Awareness Month! I think everyone found out about Muslims in 2001. They don't deserve a "Islamic Awareness Month." I can't wait when Obama is out of office - the muslim's will then lose the favortism for all their demands. Franklin Graham, I am happy that he is standing up against this bull ****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae 86 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/01/15/allahu-akbar-duke-university-to-broadcast-muslim-call-to-prayer-from-chapel/ "Duke backs down, cancels Muslim call to prayer from chapel tower." Listen and learn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Now they will be more criticized for cancelling. Messy situation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 “Duke remains committed to fostering an inclusive, tolerant and welcoming campus for all of its students,†university spokesman Michael Schoenfeld said in a statement. “However, it was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect.†Obviously. By all means accommodate Islamic students, but not a good time for making Islam more in your face. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rae 86 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 http://video.foxnews.com/v/3992239627001/students-react-to-duke-reversing-muslim-call-to-prayer/?#sp=show-clips "Students-react-to-duke-reversing-muslim-call-to-prayer" The girl you first see in the interview wrote about "The call to Prayer." She was very good. Their were only 2 students who gave an opinion. Starting at 3:35. The girl student was a box of rocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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