Minnesota became a part of the United States as Minnesota Territory in 1849, and became the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858.
And on December 8, 2008, Minnesota depreciated the Constitution and singled out a single person or group of persons for special treatment: by setting aside prayer rooms for Muslims in a public mall.
Via JihadWatch:
By setting aside prayer rooms for those Muslims — most of which are Somali — who are still here and have not migrated back to Somalia for the jihad. “Mall of America Moves to Accommodate Minnesota Muslims,” by Mohamed Hassan for Mshale, December 13:
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.”
Every year, as Muslims in America are compelled to engage in business, work and shopping during the holidays, many find themselves away from mosques and other places where they can hold prayers without interruption. They are forced to seek privacy in corners and alleyways, places that often subject them to unwanted attention. Some Muslims also worry that their repetitive calls of “Allah akbar!” (God is great!) during prayers could be misconstrued as calls for Jihad.
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March 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Why don’t they have prayer areas for other religions? I think this could be seen as it’s own form of bigotry. Or they are just calling out to a minority to get more money from them (like a lot of companies have been doing with the GLBT community)?
smoothstone Says:March 6th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
I doubt that the Muslim community would respond to such pandering by donating much money to infidels unless it is to American colleges/ universities that already have active anti-Israeli agendas on campus. And sadly, there are several of those.