Duke scraps Muslim call to prayer for student Jihadist recruiting cell

[Capt. Obvious]

Duke University announced Thursday that it had scrapped its plans to broadcast a Muslim call to prayer on Friday afternoons.

Local TV station WNCN reported that university officials backtracked after the plan to broadcast the weekly call to prayer from the university chapel's bell tower received backlash. One anonymous Duke official told the news outlet that "significant and credible concerns about safety and security" led to the reversal.

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Commenters slammed the plan earlier this week on the university's Facebook page for its "political correctness," according to the news outlet. The evangelist Franklin Graham, son of Rev. Billy Graham, also criticized the plan.

Duke now plans to have members of its Muslim community gather on the quad outside its chapel before holding their regular prayer service in the chapel basement, according to WNCN. The university said it has about 700 Muslim students in a student population of about 14,000.

The reversal comes after three gunmen believed to be part of the same jihadist recruiting cell carried out terror attacks in Paris last week.

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[liberalhistorian]

1. WTF does what three

gunmen in France did have to do with Muslim students at Duke? And who the fuck cares what Franklin fucking Graham thinks or says? What a slap in the face insult to the Muslim students who have every right in the world to practice their faith on their campus, the same right as Christian students. Cheese and crackers, this fucking pisses me off. And as a Christian, it makes me ashamed.

[mmonk]

2. +1

[NuclearDem]

3. OFFS

Fucking cowards. Just do the adhan and let the bigots choke on it.

[Rex]

4. So OBL did win? We are eternal pantsshitters b/c of 9/11?

Whatthefuckever. Pathetic, but sadly predictable.

[HappyMe]

5. Oh fuck that.

Do it anyway, the world will not end.

[ieoeja]

6. You misread and need to change your title.

The "same" cell mentioned in "three gunmen believed to be part of the same jihadist recruiting cell" refers solely to the fact that all three gunmen were part of the same.

Nobody alleges that Duke was going to let a jihadist recruiting cell operate out of the university!

The word "same" in the story is among the gunmen. Not between the gunmen and the university. Setting the aside the absurdity of it for a second, if known jihadist recruiters were found in the United States, they would be jail, not school.

Your title casts this entire story in a horribly misleading light.

[Capt. Obvious]

8. The title is to highlight the poor reporting done in this article

[ieoeja]

7. I see a lawsuit in Duke's future if they do not now stop ringing the chapel bell for masses.

Equal treatment.

[blackcrow]

9. exactly

bells for Christians = call to prayer for Muslims.

Really, Duke is stupid.

[ChosenUnWisely]

11. Stupid or jurt biggotted and racist?

It is a 'university', in the South, I say just plain old bigoted and racist but that is just my personal experience of the South, your experiences my vary.

[dsc]

10. duke is a private school

and can do what it likes in this regard. That said, it is a stupid policy.

[KamaAina]

12. Much, much more here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014989467