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Isn’t this just dandy.

Muslims students at the University of Miami have organized for the Islamic call to prayer, broadcasted each Friday afternoon this month from Richter Library’s clock tower in commemoration of Islamic Awareness Month.

The call to prayer, or Adhan, is spoken in Arabic and is meant to resonate throughout the area.

“It serves as constant reminder of when we have to pray, because prayer itself is a reminder of our religion and how we practice it,” said Selima Jumarali, the vice president of the organization.

According to the teachings of Islam, Muslims are to pray five times a day. In Muslim-majority countries, the call is usually performed live by an individual and is heard before every prayer.

Do we have a Christian Awareness Month? Or a Jewish Awareness Month? How about a Buddism Awareness Month? No, of course not.

“It brings true variety to the university and open appreciation to diversity, especially in these times when people have misunderstandings of Muslims and who we are,” she said.

I don’t know about others, but everything I ever wanted to learn about Islam I learned on September 11 2001. That was enough for me. I’m really getting sick and tired of all the pandering to Muslims. I don’t want to have any more awareness of their religion, because it’s not peaceful.

Cross Posted @ ARS

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I’m not sure what to think about this.

BRUSSELS — Private and public television stations have refused to air the anti-Muslim film “Fitna” by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, fearing a violent backlash that prompted the government to raise its terror threat level yesterday.

“I had hoped that a television broadcaster would say: ‘You have the right to do this, we will give you a podium’,” he told Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.

A Justice Ministry statement said, “While there are no concrete indications of impending attacks in the Netherlands, the increased international terrorism threat has prompted [us] to raise the threat level for the Netherlands.”

The film could be sold to private citizens, who could choose to buy and watch it, or not.

The Taliban has threatened to target 1,600 Dutch soldiers stationed in the country if the movie is shown.

In negotiations with several private and public television stations this week, Mr. Wilders insisted that his film not be censored or edited. The networks were unwilling to meet those demands, the Dutch newspaper de Vokskrant reported.

The Taliban makes a threat and I see this as giving in to their demands. Yet, for the 15 minutes of film I question whether it’s important enough to shown to the public.

Thoughts?

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OUCH.

Ouch…but it’s pretty on spot, hate to say.

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