Islamic Prayer Rugs at Georgetown

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Raymond Arroyo just described on Laura Ingraham’s radio show that Georgetown University Hospital’s Chapel has Muslim prayer rugs in the back and that the stations of the cross were removed from the wall because that is the wall that faces Mecca. Haven’t found anything to confirm this but I’m sure its true.
 
Many hospitals haven’t got a lot of extra rooms.

I kind of take it for granted that these kind of spaces are going to be used by a lot of different faiths.
 
Bluegoat said:
Many hospitals haven’t got a lot of extra rooms.

I kind of take it for granted that these kind of spaces are going to be used by a lot of different faiths.
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True, and I would much rather they include rather than exclude any and all faiths. If any Catholics are offended by the trappings of other faiths they could seek out a local church. It will be interesting to see which religion raises the biggest stink about including the others in the same space.
 
What an outrage! :mad:😦 I am all for equal rights for Muslims because everyone deserves equal religious freedom but this is going way too far. This is taking away the rights of Catholic Christians giving those rights to Muslims so that they have extra rights! :mad: I wonder if someone can sue or something and bring things back to normal?
 
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huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/20/hospitals-revamp-chapels_n_653414.html
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The article is from the Religion News Service, and it has gotten a lot of attention in the blogosphere. But the mention about Georgetown University Hospital’s chapel seems vague in its wording, and meaning.
Religion News Service:
Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown University Hospital added Muslim prayer rugs at the back wall of its Catholic chapel, and later removed the Stations of the Cross facing Mecca, said the Rev. Brian Conley, the Jesuit hospital’s director of mission and pastoral care.
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Does that mean all Stations of the Cross were removed, or simply the ones which were on the wall facing Mecca? It doesn’t make sense that some of the stations were removed, but not all. Yet it also seems strange to think that all the stations were on the same wall. Hospital chapels typically aren’t that big. Besides, it the hospital chapel had removed them all, wouldn’t the sentence say: “…and later removed the Stations of the Cross (because they were) facing Mecca” ?

It would be good if we had some clarification on this. Anyone live in the area? :o
 
Bob_Aliano said:
Why would an athiest even go to the chapel? The cafeteria is reserved for them.
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They could still have a chapel. Give the atheists a blank empty room. It would symbolize their belief that the universe came out of nothingness, therefore, humans are ultimately nothing.
 
tr1strev said:
Raymond Arroyo just described on Laura Ingraham’s radio show that Georgetown University Hospital’s Chapel has Muslim prayer rugs in the back and that the stations of the cross were removed from the wall because that is the wall that faces Mecca. Haven’t found anything to confirm this but I’m sure its true.
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If Georgetown was a secular university, I wouldn’t care. They should accommodate all faiths. But it is not. It is Catholic university (well…it is a Jesuit university). While it would be admirable to allow Muslims to pray, I do not see altering their Catholic chapel as being appropriate. I certainly hope they do not reserve the Blessed Sacrament in the space where Muslims are allowed to pray.

I would not expect a Muslim university hospital to especially accommodate a Catholic chapel. While it would be admirable to allow a Catholic chaplain to administer the sacraments within existing spaces, I wouldn’t expect a chapel with the Stations of the Cross and adoration.

I would not expect a Presbyterian university to especially accommodate a Catholic chapel. Again, while it would be admirable to allow a Catholic chaplain to administer the sacraments within existing spaces, I wouldn’t expect a chapel with the Stations of the Cross and adoration in a Presbyterian university hospital either.

Or a Baptist university hospital…Or a Pentecostal university hospital…Or a Buddhist university hospital…Or a secular university hospital…

On the other hand, we are talking about Georgetown…the university that so readily acceded to demands that they cover their religious symbols to accommodate a speech given by Mr. Obama a year ago.
 
Bluegoat said:
You know that whenever ANY President gives a speech on tv, symbols that might appear on camera are covered up? Religious symbols, logos, etc. Not just for President Obama.
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Nope…I’m afraid I don’t know that.
 
What is happening in Georgetown Hospital Chapel will happen everywhere else in time.
 
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