A Muslim football fan is complaining that he had to pray on a less-than-clean floor in a public walkway.
Another complained that he and his faithful buddies had to pray in front of a concession stand, in front of all the people.
The Muslim-cultural Students Association proposed a bill to designate a prayer area for the more than 20 Muslim students that attend football or basketball games at Northwestern.
Are they serious?
Prayer time can fall during a game. So...they want a space to pray, even they have to leave and re-enter.
Why don't they just ask the game to stop altogether and wait until they are done? I mean why should the 10's of thousands of fans mind as long as these 20+ are happy?
One of the Muslim fans say they have to 'pray late afterwards or early and it's annoying.' Poor babies.
Am I the only person who thinks this is the most stupid request ever brought to an athletic department?
How about they pray whenever the opposition scores a touchdown? That usually quiets the crowd down. But, we would have to expect the opponents to be sure to judge the clock so as to score during prayer time, no?
The fan blog has some comments....
1. how about you just don't go to the game
2. First, they want a space to pray at in the Minneapolis Airport. Now they want a space to pray at during Northwestern football games. What next, a space to pray at in a grocery store? Maybe a space to pray at at a Best Buy, or maybe a space to pray at in a movie theater. This is about more than football, this is about a group of people wanting our society to revolve around their religion. Wake up America.
3. How about us Buddhists? Can we have a Buddhist alter at the base of each goal post? And vegetarian meals at the concession stands, too!
4. What next? Change the name from a "Hail Mary" to "Hail Allah" for those desperate, end of game attempts?
I remember something Yogi Berra said when he say a batter step up and make the sign of the cross. "Why don't we just leave Him out of this?"
What do you think?
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