disagree with?

not sure how I feel about it. Because it would be a complex issue.

I have been in places where there was the call to prayer. I found it inspiring and soothing and really pretty profound, even though it meant nothing to me religiously.

I would not mind at all if if were played in a place where I lived.

There is a single church in the little town we are near right now. They ring their bells at different times and I like that. They also shoot off cannons during the days they celebrate their patron saint, sometimes before dawn. That I could live without, lol.

given the circumstances, I think they should have gone forward with that Friday afternoon (or was it one time) call.

Other places, it might be disruptive. There are places i find Church bells disruptive.

I think the plan was to have it a weekly thing. The call is relatively brief, but it does tend to make you stop for a moment.

I think the author's point that that can be a very good thing is a good one. It doesn't have to be religious, just a quiet moment.

The author is right about that. Not sure if the Call to Prayer is the best way to achieve it. but as we said, complex.

This is no different than any other "what we really need is to get God back in the schools" nonsensical spiels. As if "gratitude, appreciation and attentiveness" require some kind of religiously motivated audio queue to occur.


Someone wants to pray 5 times a day, feel free. The rest of us however do not need to hear you broadcasting a signal to do it far and wide every time you do and the university has no business performing that function.


It's regrettable that they put themselves in the position where they now have attracted attention for not doing so as a reaction to unthinking bigotry rather than simply never entertaining the silly idea in the first place, but that's the only negative aspect of them not doing this.