City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers

NBC Conneticut ^ | 9-7-10

[FrdmLvr]

The Council announced Tuesday that it has invited local imams to perform Islamic invocations at the beginning of the Council meetings in September.

Though meetings don't regularly begin with any form of prayer, an email from the Common Council called it "an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters."

The email even referenced the ongoing issue in New York. "One of the goals of the Council is to give a voice to the many diverse peoples of the City, which is especially important given the recent anti-Islam events throughout the country."

Council President rJo Winch called it an important move for the Council. "I feel it is very important that, as a Council, we project a culture of inclusiveness in the City of Hartford. Too often it is our differences that divide us. In my opinion, it is our combination of differences that makes us strong," Winch said.

[FrdmLvr]

There's also a poll to the right of the story. Let them know how you "feel" about this.

[skintight buffoonery]

I’m wholly indifferent, to be honest.

[SeaWolf]

Surrendering to Islam...ignorance.

[Crim]

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”

Isaiah 5:20

[FlingWingFlyer]

Maybe they could invite Calypso Louie and the Motherships to provide the ‘entertainment’.

[davisfh]

I wonder how long it will take the city council to learn that Islam is a social and mental illness?

[theymakemesick]

Insane. Opening a meeting by praying to Satan, obviously the Anti Christian, Liberal and Ungodly (ACLU) approve or they would be there beating the door down. /cold day in Hell

[TigersEye]

Followed by a rousing rendition of Braver, Comrades.

[Will88]

Though meetings don't regularly begin with any form of prayer, an email from the Common Council called it "an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters."

It's an act of voluntary himmitude and nitwit political correctness.

[exbrit]

Thinking of the outcry if citizens demanded Christian prayer in October, or even Jewish prayer in November, it would suddenly be “unconstitutional”.

[bicyclerepair]

pls behead us last

[Williams]

Guess they support Islam’s anti gay policies, the murder of young women who date, etc.

Liberals are immoral idiots. They would die before having a prayer to Christ, who preached only love and good deeds.

[ThunderSleeps]

You're right. Can't put the 10 Commandments on the building, can't have a “Christmas” tree it's gotta be a “holiday tree”, can't even say “Merry Christmas” at work any more has to be “happy holidays”, can't have a nativity scene seen anywhere on public property, secularism and atheism are given preferential treatment over Christianity or Judea-ism every single day of the week... but now they want to start an official meeting with a Muslim prayer? Throw every last one of the hypocritical bums out, ASAFP.

[Aria]

Why don’t they just crucify themselves and be done with it. ARRGH!

[Let's Roll]

I guess we will see if Hartfordians put a stop to this.

[Noob1999]

???Now, will this be after the Christian invocation, or after the Jewish admonitions, and before the Hindu, or the Buddahist speaks???

Or is this just a muzzie kind’a thing???

[ZULU]

n persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit Petrus Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus: quibus transactis civitas septicollis diruetur, & Judex tremêdus judicabit populum suum. Finis.

(In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge his people. The End.)

St. Malachy’s prediction about the next Pope.

Islam is part of the forces of Satan which will be arrayed against the Christian Church at the end-times, This is the ONLY explanation for the insanity gripping the west over Islam and the invasion of these Satan cultists.,

[Hildy]

We deserve everything we get. We have become a Nation of Wimps.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

"an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters."

They better not get too close to the sisters lest the sisters be stoned to death.

[yadent]

Maybe the city council realized that islam is a political system masquerading as a religion so saw no harm from a political prayer.....or maybe not

[MWestMom]

Separation of church and state. I have seen the ACLU hop on issues to stop Christian prayer in similar circumstances. So, I expect them to do the same here.

Crickets........

[FrdmLvr]

I think you're quite right about that.

"and they were beheaded for the witness of Jesus" Rev. 20:4

I used to wonder about that end-time prophecy and thought now there's a verse that is obviously figurative; it just means Christians will be executed by some method. Who gets beheaded anymore?

[ZULU]

“Who gets beheaded anymore? “

People who violate Sharia in “The Kingdom” - you know the country where those petrodollars come from to pay off the strumpets in both political parties to pander to Islam and sell their daughters’ birthrights.

[FrdmLvr]

And soon to be people who violate sharia in “The Kingdom USA” as well!

[ZULU]

I will lock and load before some Muslim s.o.b. tells me what to do. They can try to take my head anytime but I will send a lot of them to their damn virgins first!!

[NoRedTape]

The 9 people that pray to a rock in the forest are next to speak..........they are not properly represented!

[American Dream 246]

We deserve everything we get. We have become a Nation of Wimps.

Absolutely. Terrorism wins big. I cannot understand our cowardise at all. And the hatred of Christians and Jews which is spreading in our country and our sudden respect for our worst enemy who killed so many innocent Americans. I don't understand.

[LucyT]

Mohammad wrote “seventy-two grapes”; it never was seventy-two virgins. Somewhere through the ages, his words were lost in translation.