In Defense of English cooking.

[ShahdagMountains]

I mean, you realize that people not liking Mondays is a universal thing, right?

It’s different in England. Especially if it’s raining. A pall hangs over the place.

 

[Lisa558]

It must have been very personally traumatic for you when you where physically forced to eat at the restaurants and pray in the prayer rooms.

The point is we don’t do have prayer rooms in shopping malls for other religions. Why are the leftists bending over to favor Islam?

Religious Jews pray mid-day too, you know. Yet I’ve never heard Hebrew blasted over the PA system while I’m in the shopping mall.

 

[braalian]

The point is we don’t do have prayer rooms in shopping malls for other religions. Why are the leftists bending over to favor Islam?

Religious Jews pray mid-day too, you know. Yet I’ve never heard Hebrew blasted over the PA system while I’m in the shopping mall.

I’ve lived in Michigan almost all my life, the state with the highest percentage of Muslims, and I’ve never once heard a Muslim call for prayer

And if I ever did, I’d only think “huh, that’s interesting” and go on with my day because I am a grown man who doesn’t get my panties in a bunch over such things

Whatever mall you happen to be talking about must be in an extremely Muslim neighborhood and is obviously not representative of the average American experience at all

As usual, you’re kind of a drama queen

 

[Lisa558]

I’ve lived in Michigan almost all my life, the state with the highest percentage of Muslims, and I’ve never once heard a Muslim call for prayer

Whatever mall you happen to be talking about must be in an extremely Muslim neighborhood and is obviously not representative of the average American experience at all

The Muslim population in that area is about 15%, since we live in a liberal area that’s where they settle. And we see the consequences, ESPECIALLY in the high schools, where antisemitism is now rampant.

Also, the mall wasn’t like this 20 years ago. It was normal - anchored by MACYs and Lord and Taylor. Now, it looks like Saudi Arabia.

Having a large Muslim population ANYWHERE in the US is bad news.

 

[rightwinger]

The point is we don’t do have prayer rooms in shopping malls for other religions. Why are the leftists bending over to favor Islam?

Religious Jews pray mid-day too, you know. Yet I’ve never heard Hebrew blasted over the PA system while I’m in the shopping mall.

A private business can look at its clientele and provide accommodations to encourage their patronage
Even for Jews

 

[ShahdagMountains]

How about this.

Call to prayer, Trafalgar Square.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

A private business can look at its clientele and provide accommodations to encourage their patronage
Even for Jews

Even?

That’s very kind of you.

 

[braalian]

Aside from a very small minority of extreme Orthodox Jews, I doubt very much there is any demand among Jews for Jewish prayer rooms in malls

Thus malls feel no particular need to spend money on rooms that no one in their customer base is requesting

Thus no Jewish prayer rooms

That’s capitalism, baby

 

[ShahdagMountains]

Thus no Jewish prayer rooms

That’s capitalism, baby

There’s one at Frankfurt Airport.

I’ve been in there often.

 

[braalian]

There’s one at Frankfurt Airport.

I’ve been in there often.

Ok well, there’s obviously a demand for it there, then

There’s obviously isn’t a demand at whatever mall Lisa is talking about

It’s not political, it’s supply and demand capitalism

 

[rightwinger]

Even?

That’s very kind of you.

I live in an area with a community of over 100,000 Orthodox Jews

And yes, local communities make accommodations for their practice of religion

 

[Lisa558]

Aside from a very small minority of extreme Orthodox Jews, I doubt very much there is any demand among Jews for Jewish prayer rooms in malls

Thus malls feel no particular need to spend money on rooms that no one in their customer base is requesting

Thus no Jewish prayer rooms

That’s capitalism, baby

No, that’s what happens when Muslims congregate in places, get their own people into leadership roles, and then demand businesses carve out special provisions to kowtow to their religious practices - subjecting others to it.

WHY do they have to blast the Islamic call to prayer over the loudspeaker in Arabic? Can’t these people keep track of the time? I don’t have a Hebrew announcement made over a PA system when it’s time for Shabbos services. I just watch the time.

The Islamic call to prayer in the shopping mall is a SIGNAL to the 85% of non-Muslims that Islam is encroaching.

 

[Lisa558]

Ok well, there’s obviously a demand for it there, then

There’s obviously isn’t a demand at whatever mall Lisa is talking about

It’s not political, it’s supply and demand capitalism

Yup. The 15% of Muslims would threaten the stores at the shopping mall that they’d stop buying there if they didn’t annoy people with the Islamic call to prayer. Why should I have to be subjected to a call that worships a man who called Jews the offspring of apes and pigs?

 

[rightwinger]

No, that’s what happens when Muslims congregate in places, get their own people into leadership roles, and then demand businesses carve out special provisions to kowtow to their religious practices - subjecting others to it.

That is exactly what has happened in my area with Orthodox and Hasidic Jews

 

[Lisa558]

Aside from a very small minority of extreme Orthodox Jews, I doubt very much there is any demand among Jews for Jewish prayer rooms in malls

Thus malls feel no particular need to spend money on rooms that no one in their customer base is requesting

Thus no Jewish prayer rooms

That’s capitalism, baby

Jews would never expect an American shopping mall to give them a prayer room. But with Muslims, they expect it. Now I hear they’re even demanding foot-washing stations and prayer rooms in the public schools in MI (or maybe it’s MN).

 

[rightwinger]

Yup. The 15% of Muslims would threaten the stores at the shopping mall that they’d stop buying there if they didn’t annoy people with the Islamic call to prayer. Why should I have to be subjected to a call that worships a man who called Jews the offspring of apes and pigs?

Stores are serving their customer base. If they have to pray at 12 O’clock and you have a space to pray, they are more likely to come to your mall.
It is capitalism at its finest