The Islamic Call to Prayer
In Time out for Allah, author Carol Zeleski examines the current controversy involving the Islamic call to prayer in Detroit, and the "disturbance" non-Muslim residents claim it causes. She goes on to examine the issue from a different perpsective:
I had a similar experience during the year I lived in Malaysia. Hearing the call to prayer five times a day reminded me of the importance of prayer in my Christian life. The month of Ramadan reminded me of the importance of fasting and penance. Living among Muslims I learned to be a better Christian.
[Thanks to A Catholic Blog for Lovers for the link.]
In Time out for Allah, author Carol Zeleski examines the current controversy involving the Islamic call to prayer in Detroit, and the "disturbance" non-Muslim residents claim it causes. She goes on to examine the issue from a different perpsective:
"Disturbing, no doubt. Unless--and here is a venture full of hazards--one could find a way to hear the call to prayer not as an alien voice but as a summons, a periodic reminder, for Christians as well as Muslims, for Catholics and Protestants too, of the 'one thing needful.'"
I had a similar experience during the year I lived in Malaysia. Hearing the call to prayer five times a day reminded me of the importance of prayer in my Christian life. The month of Ramadan reminded me of the importance of fasting and penance. Living among Muslims I learned to be a better Christian.
[Thanks to A Catholic Blog for Lovers for the link.]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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