They pray in restaurants.... airports.... schools.....at their workplace, you name it. Causing excessive attention, interruption and commotion. Why is this behavior not prohibited by law??
2007-03-19 15:55:29 · 14 answers · asked by Infamous 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And TS...... shut up!
2007-03-19 16:13:24 · update #1
There's a good line in the bible about Jesus getting pissed about people praying in the streets to show-case their faith. I thought that was pretty cool.
2007-03-19 16:00:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
There is that little thing in the US Constitution that allows all Americans or people living in America to worship as they wish. From what I understand, Muslims are supposed to pray 5 times a day. So no matter where they are at, they must stop what they are doing and pray. I don't see why it would cause excessive attention, interruption or commotion. They are just practicing their religion. And no, I am not a Muslim, I am a Christian and proud of it. But to insult someone because they choose to worship their religion in a way that is different from ours is not right. They cause no one any harm with their prayers.
2007-03-19 16:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Why would/should this behavior be prohibited by law? It is our right to pray, we do not ask you about your rights. We don't "choose" our prayer time. Prayer is mandatory on a muslim person once he/she reaches the age of puberty (one who does not reach puberty must start praying at the age of 10-13 [I'm not 100 positive about the age])
We must pray 5 times a day, the prayer timings are always changing, whether it be by one minute or by many minutes. Currently the prayer timings are:
Fajr prayer starts at 5 and ends at 6:19 (when the sun comes up; thus you can anytime between the specified time.
Zuhr prayer starts at 12:27 and ends at 4:41
Asr start at 4:41 and ends at 6:31
Maghrib starts at 6:31 and must be read before the sun goes down.
Isha starts at 7:30 and can be prayed till late night I believe.
Prayers, as I said before are mandatory. The faster you pray them the better. It does not matter to us where we pray, as long as we pray; we do not care whether you point your finger at us and laugh, or stop eating your soup to stare; we do what we must and we get on with our lives. Why is this so wrong? Why should this be prohibited? Also, I have never heard of prayers causing commotion of any sort. An interesting point for you to note would be that muslims are advised to pray in privacy so as not to "show off"
2007-03-19 16:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by =reminisce 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Really?
We do not "choose" times to pray. We have specific times of day from am to pm they are the same times all over the world for all Muslims. If its 3.52am in London and 4.52 in Paris we are praying as Muslims together.
I have never seen a Muslim praying in public. But even if you have why is it causing you " excessive attention, interruption and a commotion"? In what way specifically? What is "unlawful" about praying? My goodness with all the hate, killing, intimidation and street crime, people praying is what bothers you? Come on get a life. I am a Muslim and i have never seen one not one praying in public so how it can be a massive inconvenience for you in your life i find laughable. "Prohibited by law"? Pathetic, if that's all you have to worry about in life is Muslims praying i think your doing not to badly. Me myself? There is plenty more i think the world needs to worry about than people peacefully giving thanks to God. Maybe you should try it sometime, maybe you would gain a little perspective.
2007-03-19 16:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The times and places may seem odd to you but there are specific times that we must pray:
Sun Rise
Mid-day
Mid-afternoon
Sun down
Night prayer
They are during the day when the sun is in the sky at certain times. So no matter where we are, we stop what we are doing to worship. Prayer is the number one thing that muslims do not deny. so no matter where we are, we will pray. It may be distracting to you, but it is woship to us.
You cant forbid worship. That is like the government saying you cant go to church or temple.
2007-03-19 16:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by Kynnie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
freedom of religion. muslims must pray 5 times a day, it's called Salat. It varies in different time zones.
They do it out of respect to their faith. I've never seen it cause excessive attention, interruption or commotion. In fact, they do they opposite. They find somewhere private if possible to pray, because praying is sacred. If someone saw you pray before your meal would you want to be arrested? You couldn't. Its your constitutional right!
2007-03-19 16:00:21 · answer #6 · answered by KOI 3 · 8⤊ 1⤋
There are 5 prescribed times for us to pray. No matter where we are, at those times, we turn to face Mecca and pray.
2007-03-19 16:06:49 · answer #7 · answered by Maverick 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Muslims do not choose when they pray; it is dictated by the Koran, their holy book. If you would like to know more, a simple Internet search would provide many accurate answers.
2007-03-19 16:00:11 · answer #8 · answered by Spex 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Assuming we're in America, the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
2007-03-19 15:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Because they have to pray at a time of day and it doesn't matter where they are they believe in that so they pray to their god.
2007-03-19 15:59:40 · answer #10 · answered by arturin 1 · 6⤊ 0⤋