Iowa Catholic University Opens Islamic Prayer Room; When Will A Mosque Open A Chapel?

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The Geller Report brought you the story on Thursday: according to The College Fix, “a Catholic university in Davenport, Iowa recently opened a prayer space dedicated to Islamic worship…The prayer room, developed by a senior of St. Ambrose University in collaboration with its Saudi Student Association, is designed ‘specifically for students of the Islamic faith.’”

The room has been elaborately prepared: it features “‘sinks for ritual foot-washing,’ as well as ‘separate areas for male and female worshippers, since Islamic tradition calls for different prayer areas for each sex.’”

How wonderfully ecumenical and broadminded! When will the local Islamic school open a chapel for Christian students? What’s that? It doesn’t work that way? Why not?

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Meanwhile, this is the sort of thing that the Muslim students will be praying in their dedicated prayer room at St. Ambrose University:

Jesus is not the Son of God and belief in the Trinity is “excess”: “O People of the Book! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter anything concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a messenger of Allah, and his word which he conveyed to Mary, and a spirit from him. So believe in Allah and His messengers, and do not say ‘Three.’ Cease! It is better for you! Allah is only One Allah. It is far removed from his transcendent majesty that he should have a son. His is all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth. And Allah is sufficient as Defender.” — Qur’an 4:171

And: “It is not befitting to Allah that he should beget a son. Glory be to him! When He determines a matter, he only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.” — Qur’an 19:35

Jesus was not crucified: “And because of their saying: We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Allah’s messenger – they did not kill him or crucify him, but it appeared so to them; and those who disagree concerning it are in doubt about it; they have no knowledge of it except pursuit of a conjecture; they did not kill him for certain.” — Qur’an 4:157

Those who believe in the divinity of Christ are unbelievers: “They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary.” — Qur’an 5:17 (cf. 5:72)

Christians have forgotten part of the divine revelations they received: “From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a covenant, but they forgot a good part of the message that was sent them: so we estranged them, with enmity and hatred between the one and the other, to the day of judgment. And soon will Allah show them what it is they have done.” — Qur’an 5:14

Those who believe that Jesus is God’s Son are accursed: “The Jews call Ezra a son of Allah, and the Christians call Christ the son of Allah. That is a saying from their mouth; they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. Allah’s curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! ” — Qur’an 9:30

Christians who do not accepted Muhammad and the Qur’an are the most vile of created beings: “Nor did those who were given the Scripture become divided until after there had come to them clear evidence. And they were not commanded except to worship Allah, sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth, and to establish prayer and to give zakah. And that is the correct religion. Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the fire of Hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the most vile of created beings.” — Qur’an 98:6

Muslims must fight against and subjugate Christians: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden what has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” — Qur’an 9:29

Also, a hadith has Muhammad predicting that Jesus will return at the end of the world and break the cross, as it is an insult to Allah’s power to say that he would have allowed one of his prophets to be crucified:

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, son of Mary [Jesus] will shortly descend amongst you people [Muslims] as a just ruler and will break the Cross and kill the pig and abolish the Jizya [a tax taken from the non-Muslims, who are in the protection, of the Muslim government]. Then there will be abundance of money and nobody will accept charitable gifts. (Bukhari 3.34.425)

Muslims have sometimes taken this to mean not just that crosses will be destroyed in the end times, but that they should be now. In Spain in 2015, Muslims broke into a church, spray-painted “Allah” on wall, and destroyed the crucifix. In Pakistan in 2014, Muslims destroyed a church that was under construction, and desecrated the cross. When the Islamic State occupied Mosul, it made destruction of all crosses in the city a top priority.

And here’s my favorite New Testament verse, this time referring to St. Ambrose University: “Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His new book is The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.

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Ziggy46
Ziggy46
5 years ago

This Catholic university will not be Catholic much longer. Once again, the Church has chosen to appease, bend to the demands of the Muslim students and others. undoubtedly, the collaborative Pope, Francis, will be elated that Muhammad hold more weight than Christ. Placating Islam within a myriad of institutions is not a rarity; it has become a common thread woven throughout Western society. Capitulation to Islam is nearing completion, if it hasn’t already.

Jim
Jim
5 years ago

Liberalism, Progressivism, Communism destroys everything they touch. (Somewhere else I saw someone ascribe this sentiment to Rush. I beat Rush by more than a decade and a half, just sayin’). Only now I know why, thanks to Davidf Horowitz: “The issue is not the issue, the issue is the revolution.”

Rubydoobyrolladooby
Rubydoobyrolladooby
5 years ago

BYU installed a Muslim prayer room on their campus last year. They also exclude Muslim men from the honor code that says male students can’t have any facial hair. You can’t go to the testing center there without being clean shaven unless you are a Muslim man. Talk about selective discrimination!

Keith1941D
Keith1941
5 years ago

Is this for sure?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

The sooner this farce that is contemporary catholicism disappears, the better, the constant submission to islam has rendered Christianity impotent and useless. Once again, it is time to start all over agin.

Sikandtyred
Sikandtyred
5 years ago

Ziggy46, read Nostra Aetate. Roman Catholics have believed since 1965 that Islam is an Abrahamic faith therefore it does not need to be proselytized. Poop Francis teaches that all Muslims will be with God in heaven EVEN IF they hate Jesus

Read it. It’s an eye-opener

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

Islam is winning the culture war….and only because the liberals are helping them every single step of the way.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

Stupid Christians keep turning the other cheek to islam, thinking they are taking the “high road” setting a good example that muslims will follow. The stupid have not read the qur’an nor do they understand anything if they read it. muslims see themselves as vastly superior to non muslims, any thing that could be interpreted by a normal person, and decent, is seen as a victory for muslims, with more demands immediately following.

James JonesD
James Jones
5 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

It is a shame that so few people of any walk of life, can think for themselves. People, including people of many faiths, have all heard that islam is a religion of peace and that thinking otherwise is akin to sending Jews to the camps. The Nazis knew that they could dispel the fears and doubts by just naming the camps with fun sounding names, and for awhile, it worked.
If islam had some satanic type name ( actually much closer to it’s nature ), would Christians be so willing to fall all over themselves to accommodate it ? “Satan – Allah, Allah-Satan……..hmmm, behaves just like Satan, but his name is Allah, sounds so much nicer – let’s help them”, ( actually, implying they would know anything of his character is giving them too much credit, I apologise ).

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

If you donated to money to the Catholic Church you just donated money to Moslem causes. I hope you understand about Moslems causes, otherwise you’re DEAD.

VoiceInDesert
VoiceInDesert
5 years ago

The qu’ran is warped — very warped, and so is that Catholic university in the name of ecumenicism.

Mickey Oberman
Mickey Oberman
5 years ago

” When will the local Islamic school open a chapel for Christian students? ”

They are waiting for the pope to smile and wave “okay”.

Keith1941D
Keith1941
5 years ago

Looks as if they’re following the lead of the Pope.

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