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To: Rambi who wrote (77841)	4/11/2000 5:09:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (3) of 108807

Yes, Mahmoud Abdul Ruaf. It was his personal stand that as a Muslim he did not want to stand before a flag and swear allegiance to it. The reason being that he felt the swearing his allegiance to a flag is equal to bowing before an idol(idol worship). You are right that mainstream Islam does not take this interpretation or promote this behavior and that the local Islamic organisation publicised that position. He had signed a contract but it was before his religious conversion. He was not trying to make a statement when he told his coach of the conflict. He was sincerely seeking consideration. The coach let him stay in the locker rooms and do what ever he wanted during the anthem. This seemed like a nice compromise. Some brilliant person in the NBA pressed the issue and insisted that he present himself on court during the anthem so he did but sat on a seat(like most other people in the stadium) during the anthem. Again the issue was pressed and the NBA insisted that he stand during the anthem. Which he did but he quietly prayed as well during the anthem. By now it had become an issue for talk show comment. The media picked it up as his way of being confrontatious and having a political agenda. When accused of being unAmerican he shared that his prayer had been for Justice in America. By this time we were getting bomb threats. In addition to this, some jokers from one of the radio stations went to the Mosque and played the national anthem on a trumpet over the persons trying to pray, another person attempted to put head phones (taped national anthem) on a guy trying to pray. It became quite a media circus. I still like Mahmoud Abdul Ruaf for sacrificing everything he did for that sake of principle, even though I personally would stand for the anthem. I see his point of view and do not think he was treated fairly at all.

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