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Uh oh.....at Duke? :shock: Think this will cause a stir?
What say ye?
Before it unraveled, a plan to use Duke University's chapel tower in a call to prayer for the school's Muslim community was meant to promote religious unity and pluralism.
But after a flurry of objections arrived by phone and email — along with reported security concerns — Duke canceled a plan to have members of the Muslim Students Association read a moderately amplified call to prayer from the tower for about three minutes each Friday. The private university in Durham, northwest of Raleigh, was founded by Methodists and Quakers and its divinity school has historically been connected to the United Methodist Church. The school's insignia features the Christian cross and a Latin motto translated as "learning and faith.".....snip~
Duke Cancels Muslim Call to Prayer; Cites Opposition, Safety - ABC News
Before it unraveled, a plan to use Duke University's chapel tower in a call to prayer for the school's Muslim community was meant to promote religious unity and pluralism.
But after a flurry of objections arrived by phone and email — along with reported security concerns — Duke canceled a plan to have members of the Muslim Students Association read a moderately amplified call to prayer from the tower for about three minutes each Friday. The private university in Durham, northwest of Raleigh, was founded by Methodists and Quakers and its divinity school has historically been connected to the United Methodist Church. The school's insignia features the Christian cross and a Latin motto translated as "learning and faith.".....snip~
Duke Cancels Muslim Call to Prayer; Cites Opposition, Safety - ABC News