Thursday, March 21, 2019

Islamic Call to Prayer broadcast on NZ state TV station? Really

After the tragic events of the Christchurch bombing, there was bound to be overreach by NZ politicians, but this one takes the cake.

Allowing the Muslim "Call to prayer" to be published seems a bit of over reach. I mean, in my previous post, I mentioned that democratic nations generally need to keep their minorities happy (Muslims make up 1.14% of the NZ population), but broadcasting a fairly provocative "Call to prayer" in Arabic, which also includes the terms used whenever a militant Islamic extremist blows shit up ("Allahu Akbar"), is not ideal.

Most New Zealanders can get aligned with the gun law changes introduced, but this Call to prayer stuff will alienate the majority. Misstep

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