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2008-09-17 Home Front: Culture Wars

Grand Island: Muslim protest for right to prayer

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Posted by tipper 2008-09-17 18:29|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 When I was young.... There were no muslims at all in Grand Island....

I need to ask some old buddies what the demographic change there is...

Posted by 3dc 2008-09-17 19:44|| 2008-09-17 19:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Sign in the link "Swift is against our religion". Nope, they're probably not, just running their business.

But, if it makes you feel better, I'm against your religion!

Posted by Xenophon 2008-09-17 21:49|| 2008-09-17 21:49|| Front Page Top

#3 "The company said we aren't going to give you any time to pray, but this is a free country," said Ahmed Abdi, a spokesman for the largely Somalian group, who formerly worked at the plant. "We are Muslim and this country is about freedom."

I think he missed the part about freedom to do what you want on your own time, not on the company's time.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-09-17 21:56|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-09-17 21:56|| Front Page Top

#4 They don't quite get the freedom thingy do they? Well its a new concept, being muslim and all. I hope swift gives them a little "foot meets ass" and solves the whole damned thing. I bet they'd want to talk reasonable if a couple bus loads of mexicans showed up on monday morning.

Posted by Bob Glemble5143 2008-09-17 23:21|| 2008-09-17 23:21|| Front Page Top

#5 They don't quite get the freedom thingy do they?

In talking to some immigrants, I've discovered that their idea of "freedom" is the freedom to do whatever they want, in the sense of winning every political dispute and doing things that cost other people in terms of money and inconvenience. In other words, if they don't get their way on Israel, we're not free. If they can't hawk up a loogie and spit it on the sidewalk without dirty looks, we're racist.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2008-09-17 23:34|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2008-09-17 23:34|| Front Page Top

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