Posted on 01/21/2007 7:51:32 AM PST by silverleaf
Amid the cheering Northwestern football fans at Ryan Field, all Ashar Wasi wanted was a quiet place to pray. The only place he could find was a spot of less-than-clean floor in a public walkway.
"We had to pray in front of the concession stand, in front of all the people," the McCormick junior said.
Perhaps someone noticed. At last Wednesday's ASG meeting, the Muslim-cultural Students Association proposed a bill establishing a designated prayer area at Welsh-Ryan Arena for Muslim students for football and basketball games.
McSA President Amir Siddiqui estimates more than 20 Muslim students are in attendance at nearly every game.
"Oftentimes while students are at sporting events, the prayer time falls during the game," the Weinberg senior said. "If there was a space to pray, or even an opportunity for students to leave and re-enter, things would be better. Right now, it can be difficult."
(Excerpt) Read more at media.www.dailynorthwestern.com ...
The schedule of CLASSROOMS Northwest University set aside for muslim prayer during the academic week.
http://groups.northwestern.edu/mcsa/prayer_rooms.html
How long has the NFL played on Sundays? And does anyone know of Christians demanding accommodation?
Many Jews attend college, and college football is played on Saturdays. Has this impacted Jewish students?
Well lets have some fundamentalist Christians demand the same rights and then see how long the prayer rooms last.
Oh, give me a break.
Next they are going to want to stop / interrupt the sporting events when it's prayer time!
It would be a natural next step for muslims to expect sports officials to broadcast the call to prayer during the games
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