Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: NJ Mayor: City of Paterson is the Capital of Palestine in the U.S. Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:23:17 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:23:19 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="26c2b616109bd9c1cec82292c3246fba"; logging-data="1591127"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19suPgacDPy0ObXclIsUjMiZ/slcKvhnIs=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:HqL5Zm7lnJ6VKPVkaQ+x9XpfFGc= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250310-2, 3/10/2025), Outbound message In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-CA X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Bytes: 4221 On 2025-03-10 2:12 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > BTR1701 wrote: > >> It's about time. It's shameful how long it's taken for our cities to join the >> worldwide caliphate. How can we be so bigoted? > >> (How long before these Palestinians start calling American citizens >> 'colonizers' and demanding a two-state solution in New Jersey?) > >> ---------------------------- > >> https://vinnews.com/2025/03/09/nj-mayor-paterson-is-the-capital-of-palestine-in-the-united-states-of-america/ > >> NEW JERSEY Paterson, New Jersey, is undergoing a rapid transformation, with >> local leaders emphasizing Islamic identity and Palestinian nationalism, >> sparking concerns among critics about the city’s shift away from its >> historical roots. > >> The recent Hilal Lighting Ceremony, a city-endorsed event marking Ramadan, is >> seen as more than a religious celebration, but a political rally for >> Palestinian nationalism. The ceremony took place in "Little Palestine", an >> area of the city now officially renamed Palestine Way in 2022. > >> Paterson, home to a growing Palestinian population, has seen its streets lined >> with Palestinian flags and Arabic signage. This cultural shift, led by Muslim >> elected officials, has led some to question if the city is evolving into an >> Islamic stronghold. > >> Muslim politicians, including Mayor Andre Sayegh, Councilmen Shahin Khalique, >> MD Forid Uddin, and Ibrahim Omar, as well as Deputy Mayor Raed Odeah, are at >> the forefront of this shift. The officials have championed policies catering >> to Islamic interests, such as halal food in public schools, school closures >> for Eid, and the broadcasting of the Adhan (Islamic call to prayer). > > I completely missed this news that the Establishment Clause had been > repealed! > > Isn't the first one of those before dawn? > I believe the times shift from day to day. An acquaintance who had just returned from Saudi Arabia once gave me an English-language newspaper from there and I remember that the prayer times were published in the paper, as in May 27 [or whatever] Prayer Times: [names of prayers: time of prayers that day] I know from personal experience that it can be earlier than you'd like. Back around 1980 I was on a paint crew at my student residence and was working in a hallway close to students' rooms. It was fairly early (for me) on a summer day so maybe 8:30 AM and I heard a goddawful caterwauling coming from one of the rooms. I thought someone who was completely tone deaf was trying to sing along to some foreign music he was hearing over headphones but a neighbour of this student explained that Abdullah (or Achmed or Mohammed, I really don't remember) was a Muslim doing one of the daily prayers. That was my first direct encounter with that. I would strenuously object to anyone doing the call to prayer in my town simply because it is an unnecessary disturbance on the prevailing peace and quiet. -- Rhino