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I haven’t heard the commentators weigh in on this subject yet, but I can pretty much write the script for some of them. It will run along the following lines: In the wake of the attack on Charlie Hebdo and that kosher grocery store in suburban Paris, a major and rather elite American university is voluntarily taking on dhimmi status and surrendering to Islam.
The step doesn’t bother me, though. I love the adhan or prayer call, and I’m not bothered at all by hearing it. Quite the contrary.
Duke University was originally founded by Quakers and Methodists in 1838 as Trinity College. But, of course, like very many other major universities with religious origins, it ceased long ago to have any significant religious affiliation or religious mission. This seems to be the normal trajectory in higher education, something that can happen almost anywhere if it’s permitted to do so.
What concerns me at this point is whether or not Duke is equally accommodating to Christian, Jewish, and other religious faiths, and whether it’s fully open to minority but non-Muslim viewpoints on matters of faith, practice, and social policy. The article in the link appended below suggests that there might be certain problems in that regard:
I have a niece at Duke. I look forward to chatting with her about this topic, at some point.
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