Duke University cancels plan to use chapel tower for weekly call-to-prayer for Muslims - The Independent Tribune Ap
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I have corrected the link above^]
It seems the prayer calls were cancelled (but the prayers went on as usual).
There was opposition including a letter from Graham asserting that
Islam supports certain abusive oppressive practices in other countries.
And either the concern was for safety or for losing public and financial support for the University by sending what is se en as a negative msg.
It is interesting to me that certain Atheists or nonchristians protest displays and prayers from Christians, asserting that Christians have committed genocides and crusades in the name of the Cross, so they oppose
the Cross as representing something they do not believe in.
This also reminds me of how two different groups can se e the
Confederate flag two different ways: one representing the fre edom of
the states to oppose and check overreaching by federal govt on their
sovereignty as part of the history of the South; and another se eing
the flag and Dixie as white southern racism and slave ownership
over blacks forced to work in the cotton fields to grow the Southern economy.
With Islam, this represents two totally different meanings to different people.
The problem is that for some followers who have turned Islam into Jihadism it is a political religion and imposing it would be against the Constitution.
But to others it is not a political religion but a personal spiritual practice and part of their lives and religious fre edom.
Like the Confederate flag, there are two different realities going on.
One side is trying to exercise regular fre e spe ech and religious free dom.
But if this means something offensive to other people it causes a breach of the peace and protests.
So it is up to each community to work out the terms of their own agre ement
so they don't disrupt the peace and fre edom of each other.
If the community works out its own agre ement and everyone is at peace
with that, there should be no disturbance caused.
Turning it into a political statement is where both sides make a mistake.