City Council May Pull Plug on Muslim Prayer Idea

[chanel]

The Hartford City Council is reconsidering its proposal to have local imams perform Islamic invocations at the beginning of council meetings in September.

Council President rJo Winch called a news conference Wednesday to address the uproar over the proposal she supported Tuesday.

In an email sent out by the City Council on Tuesday called the plan "an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters."

But since a story was posted on NBCConnecticut.com, Winch and other council members said they have received numerous complaints and even some hate emails over the decision to begin the meetings with Muslim prayers.

Although the council does say a prayer before every meeting, Winch says she's reconsidering the idea of the Muslim prayers so close to the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. She instead said she would consider an interfaith prayer before next Monday's meeting.

City Council May Pull Plug on Muslim Prayer Idea | NBC Connecticut

What is wrong with these people? September?

 

[AllieBaba]

I think of people who have spent their entire lives in cities sort of like rats who have never been out of a cage, only not as smart.

Caged animals have no sense of what is normal, or right, for them or others. They have no concept of liberty, no understanding of community, and often eat their own young.

 

[Shogun]

make sure both of you idiots go on to tell us how a prayer to YOUR god is just fine when starting city business.

 

[AllieBaba]

We don't shout out prayers to our God as we're slitting people's throats, for starters.