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Prayer in public

I just read an article where a Muslim woman, Wardeh Sultan, of Deerborn, Michigan claims her civil rights were violated by Fitness USA health club. Her praying was interrupted by another patron and when she complained about it, the club management did nothing about it. Here’s an idea, Wardeh, if you don’t want to be interrupted, pray somewhere privately and quietly. If your praying requires you to roll out a prayer mat in the middle of the room full of bystanders and chant loundly disrupting those around you, make sure you are at home instead of the gym at prayer time.

Toward the end of the article there was a section about the “flying Imams” that were recently removed from an airplane for praying on board and making passengers nervous. Some things I did not know is that the Imams allegedly were making anti-American comments and had one way tickets with no baggage! Were their civil rights violated or did these Muslims get what they deserve for their strange behavior? If a Muslim gets on a plane with a one way ticket and no bags, I want him off of my plane immediately. It’s just common sense or are we going to let the politically correct crowd bully us into letting someone blow up a plane just so their feelings aren’t hurt?

If they truly do not like this treatment, then they should be angry with the Radical Muslims that make us justifiably fearful and suspicious. How about a nice American Muslim rally against Islamic terrorism? I have yet to see one of those. It’s not like the good old days when the Japanese joined the military in droves to prove their loyalty to America.

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  1. I bet you would be singing a different tune if the subject of that article were Christian or Jewish and not a Muslim!

    In this country, it seems that “Freedom of Religion” is given only to Christians and Jews.

    Other religions (especially non-traditional or primarily “third world” religions) are not given the same respect and consideration!

    1. on December 18th, 2006 at 4:28 pm

  2. This has nothing to do with freedom of religion, it has to do with common courtesy. No one is stopping her from practicing her religion in general. If some Christians held a prayer group or Bible class in the middle of a gym, I would find that to be equally inappropriate (unless it’s at the YMCA).

    Some gyms don’t let you grunt or groan while exercising since it may be annoying to the other patrons. To me, religion should be personal and private, the gym is meant for exercise, not prayer. There are appropriate places for everything. Pray in your car before going into the gym. Pray in your house. Pray in your place of worship. If you feel a need to pray in public, do it quietly and discreetly. It’s just common courtesy unless you feel a need to prove to everyone around how devout you are.

    You have to remember also that the gym management did not prevent her from praying, she complained that another member had disrupted her praying and the management decided to take no action. As far as I’m concerned, she has no right to privacy in a public place.

    Let’s let go of the paranoid feelings of persecution and try to use some common sense.

    2. on December 18th, 2006 at 5:39 pm

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