BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – On the day Muslims around the world began to celebrate Eid al-Adha, Fatuma Mohamed was at the Mall of America (MOA), far away from where she would normally say her prayers.
But she and other Muslims needed to take time from the activities of the mall and find a quiet area to pray as Muslims do during the festival that commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his only son for God.
“I said my prayer right at that corner,” Mohamed said, pointing to the spot.
Another Muslim, Amran Ali, did the same.
“I had to say my prayer at a corner,” Ali said. “I was stared at, but no one bothered me.”
This year Muslim leaders from the Twin Cities area were able to persuade MOA, the largest enclosed mall in the United States, to set aside a room for prayers.
“I learned quite a bit from my last meeting with the community,” said Douglas Reynolds, MOA’s security director.
But Mohamed and other Muslims did not know there was a prayer room, even though MOA and Muslim volunteers had intended to have eight posters in three languages, (English, Somali and Arabic) to be displayed at all entrances to the mall.
“I didn’t notice any signs,” Mohamed said.
Reynolds said many might have missed the signs because MOA and the Muslim leaders did not advise the community about the prayer room before this week’s observance of Eid al-Adha. The signs also went up too late in the day, Reynolds said.
“It would have been nice to get the message out to the community earlier,” Reynolds said. “The signs were also not available until 4:30 p.m.”
He promised that MOA would “do a better job next time.”
Didn’t you see what was happening in another state, a muslim wants to place the Islamic flag on side of a manger and a menora. What for I don’t know. The individual felt left out. The muslims have no holiday then so they want to invent one…..I guess……back to your post…..I understand, They have special dispensation for prayer when one is out and or can’t get to a place to pray..They do it later..This is just a ploy and it is working. Take a look at England. First they illiminated Christ from everything public, as we have just about done, Then they came against the individual and the government has bought into it…..I understand, people are leaving as the spread continues….Don’t bend America…We fought too hard to have our country taken over from the inside…..Christians, wake up……how many times are you going to turn the other cheek??????I ramble….stay well…
Ahhh yes, the Somalis are involved in yet ANOTHER shakedown of American religious tolerance.
Most Somalis got here by comittng fraud on their apps and now that they’re here are doing everything they can to bring Allah to the people.
Nice thanks we get for trying to feed the ungrateful @ssholes.
One wonders what will it take eh, when will we stop and say no, probably when it no longer counts and it’s just too late, i guess.
al Qaeda’s perfect training ground: MN.
Can we get rid of these ‘refugees’ and other assorted jokers now? And for those who have become US Citizens, and then go over to al Qaeda, can we get some Treason trials started, please?
Tapline: no rambling, just cogent and salient thoughts, and thanks!
KurtP and MKS: thanks for commenting, and I simply bring up the proverbial “frog in the boiling pot” scenario.
AJ: And of all the places for it to start in America, why Minnesota? I could have thought it’d be MY state of Fornicalia. I fear we’ll only “get it” when we see a fireball on the horizon and it won’t be the sun.
BZ