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To: Zakrosian who wrote (193048)	1/15/2007 7:19:34 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

There is a considerable difference between bells tolling one time a WEEK, versus five times a DAY.....And I don't know of any bells that are on a PA system. One time a week to be called to pray, if the people can't remember or whatever the reason would be OK....BUT NOT FIVE TIMES A DAY! I don't recall that the Synagogues' need to remind their members to get to the synagogue on time. It looks to me that the Muslims have MANY MANY demands of everyone else. Do they pray at work? Do they repay the company the time off that they took? When non-Muslim women go to many of their countries, they have to cover up. We in this country don't make ANYONE cover up head to toe. We don't separate the sexes in church. Pretty much, we live and let live. Many times, especially in the last couple of years, this little ditty runs through my head: "Give em' an inch, they will take a mile".... I doubt VERY seriously the Muslim communities would appreciate our putting EACH OF OUR various denominations of church bells and "songs" on a PA System on LOUD for as long as the Muslim call is (2 minutes each of the 5 times a day?).....do you? If Muslims aren't permitted to issue their prayer calls over their PA's, should churches then be prohibited from tolling their bells for Sunday services? I agree with you if you think that the same rules should apply to all.

To: Zakrosian who wrote (193048)	1/15/2007 7:29:31 PM
From: SirWalterRalegh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

If Muslims aren't permitted to issue their prayer calls over their PA's, should churches then be prohibited from tolling their bells for Sunday services? I agree with you if you think that the same rules should apply to all. Zak- There is a big difference between a muslim PA system blaring 5 times a day EVERY DAY and church bells on Sunday morning. We, in the United States, have had our way of doing our things for 200+ years. You, as a muslim, have no right to come here and say unless we do things your way we cannot do what we have been doing for 200+ years. Take a walk ZAK....you are asking for trouble.

To: Zakrosian who wrote (193048)	1/15/2007 11:56:56 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 793838

If Muslims aren't permitted to issue their prayer calls over their PA's, should churches then be prohibited from tolling their bells for Sunday services? I agree with you if you think that the same rules should apply to all. That is not a comparable situation. Other entities such as universities, fire stations, and town clocks have bells. Church bells are just bells. There is no religious meaning implied by the ringing of a bell. The only time I ever saw a Muslim praying was right in the middle of a sidewalk on an overpass in Washington DC, two weeks after 9/11. I wondered whether it was some kind of provocation, because the group I was in could have easily pitched the guy over the rail into the freeway below if we had a mind to. Instead, we just walked around him and minded our own business, which is what I sincerely hoped he continues to do -- but I wonder. Muslims in this country need to respect the laws and customs of this country.