aftermath of adhan
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Not a big deal, but noticable. I was asked about it by coworkers. One wanted to know about the lens I was using. I showed it to him. The other wanted to know why I was taking pictures of it. I don’t quite see why I would have to justify those pictures any more than any other. I was told that the Islamic students were asked to leave the Widener steps, but I was assured that on a previous occasion a Christian Fundamentalist preacher received a similar “request”. I was also told that there was discussion about whether the sound of the adhan constituted an imposition of belief on others. Analogy to blowing of the shofar was presented. However, the same source tells me that the same argument was used by denizens of Canaday to protest the ringing of the Memorial Church Bells. I’m told that these discussions were civil but animated.
