Muslim Call to Prayer in Regina (split from Liberal Gov't 2025 - ???)

[daftandbarmy]

If that's what you need, you can try. I have no problem with overt displays of Christianity or Judaism. Their foundations are moderate; their displays are unostentatious; their immoderate fringe fundamentalists are very quiet and quite obviously just want to be left alone. Their mainstream beliefs are almost indistinguishable now from core principles of secular liberalism. They are not trying to import Rome or Jerusalem or any part of Europe or anywhere else to Canada and have not been doing so for decades. I have no interest in importing the cultural and religious/political quiffs of Saudi Arabia or Iran, and will continue to advocate for minimizing their influence here without burning down our own heritage because of some made-up idea that being liberal 99% of the time isn't good enough.

'Moderate'... right....

Texas’ Ten Commandments law may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court after an appellate court ruled it does not violate church-state separation under the U.S. Constitution.

A majority of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans cleared the way for the state to install commandments displays in public school classrooms after determining Senate Bill 10 has none of the characteristics of a government endorsement of religion.

“SB-10 looks nothing like a historical religious establishment. It does not tell churches or synagogues or mosques what to believe or how to worship or whom to employ as priests, rabbis or imams,” according to the 110-page opinion. “It punishes no one who rejects the Ten Commandments, no matter the reason. It levies no taxes to support any clergy. It does not co-opt churches to perform civic functions.”

Texas Ten Commandments law likely headed to US Supreme Court – Baptist News Global

Texas’ Ten Commandments law may be headed to the Supreme Court after an appellate court ruled it does not violate church-state separation.

baptistnews.com

 

[YZT580]

Shocking to see how many on here are totally cool with bringing that into Canada.

until you have lived with it. Riyadh has built a mosque adjacent to every foreign compound in the city. Each one must use 500 watt amplifiers to announce the call to prayer. Now go and visit a wealthier Muslim district. They use 25 watt amps. It is a form of brainwashing. With few exceptions, western bells have become time pieces and are not primarily calls to worship although since services generally start on the hour, they could be construed as such but they are no different then the bells on Big Ben for example and are definitely not 'in your face'. There is a huge difference between a Muslim chant calling the faithful in Arabic to gather together and 11 chimes for 11 o'clock played by a single note. They are also not as loud or as obtrusive.

 

[Brad Sallows]

'Moderate'... right....

The context is "Canada", not "USA". The USA has a distinctive sizeable Christian minority (Catholic and Protestant) with a vocal and politically powerful sub-minority which is often characterized as "evangelical". But that minority and sub-minority are pretty closely aligned with the constitution. They are certainly right of the median US conservative, but so is the constitution, which is a very liberal document - I characterize it as more liberal than our own constitutional structure. The worry about those kinds of Americans immigrating to Canada is that by the measures which matter most to me they'd make this country a little bit more liberal, not less.

 

[Altair]

Might as well rename the thread to the official Islamophobia thread.

 

[dapaterson]

'Moderate'... right....

Texas’ Ten Commandments law may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court after an appellate court ruled it does not violate church-state separation under the U.S. Constitution.

A majority of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans cleared the way for the state to install commandments displays in public school classrooms after determining Senate Bill 10 has none of the characteristics of a government endorsement of religion.

“SB-10 looks nothing like a historical religious establishment. It does not tell churches or synagogues or mosques what to believe or how to worship or whom to employ as priests, rabbis or imams,” according to the 110-page opinion. “It punishes no one who rejects the Ten Commandments, no matter the reason. It levies no taxes to support any clergy. It does not co-opt churches to perform civic functions.”

Texas Ten Commandments law likely headed to US Supreme Court – Baptist News Global

Texas’ Ten Commandments law may be headed to the Supreme Court after an appellate court ruled it does not violate church-state separation.

baptistnews.com

Good. So the Church of Satan can install statues of Baphomet on public schools then.