[quote=milkspot]Dumbrenter, your comment dated December 10, 2015 – 10:10am is just spot on for me. I can understand OP’s concern as well.
I was not born in the US — an immigrant from a country that is 85% or more muslim. I went back a few years ago to visit relatives. I was awaken many times at around 5 am by the call for prayer. For those who do not subscribe to the call for prayer … too bad. And it is best to just stay quiet about it. As a now spoiled American living in the US, I ask myself internally … “where’s the tolerance?!”
I now have a greater appreciation for my HOA’s CC&R’s “no noise before 7 am rule”[/quote]
I have seen a little too much of it first-hand myself. As I said, it will be interesting to see how the american society responds to such things. Either folks like harvey just do not get how bad it could be (no experience, best case) or are fully aware but still deliberately compare it to evangelicals ().
Which is sad, because folks like harvey come across as balanced & widely-read and could as well argue their position without having to resort to name calling or attempting to stymie a discussion.
comparing moslem center types with evangelicals is disingenuous because it assumes some kind of an equivalence between them both. It is not. The evangelical types have been successfully dealt with by the society here, they pose no other threat other than saying hello to you on the beach and attempting to pass on a bible to you.
I never thought I would find myself agreeing with HoA CC&R’s ever, but you make a very pertinent point about the no-noise rule!
