by Stephen Kruger,
7/5/16
An aspect of the
kudzu-like expansion of sharia is the takeover by Muslims of prayer rooms in
international airports.
Here in Hong Kong, a
prayer room, officially non-denominational, is located in Terminal 1 of the
Hong Kong airport, and another is located in Terminal 2. Each
“non-denominational” prayer room supports Mohammedism, to the detriment of all
other religions.
The Terminal 1 prayer
room has an Islam-required washup area. It is a permanent installation.
There is a similar permanent installation in Terminal 2.
Also, each prayer room
has an indicator of the way Muslims are to face for prayers. The
indicator is permanent. In Terminal 1, the indicator is etched into the
ceiling.
There is an accompanying
square, etched into the floor. The square, which is permanent, is of the
right size for the side-by-side placement of two prayer rugs.
Further, each prayer room
has cubbies for storage of religious articles. Only Muslim prayer rugs
were in cubbies. No religious articles of any other religion.
I observed, at times,
Muslim men at prayer. Only men.
Christians are shut out
of the prayer rooms in the Hong Kong airport. No prayer room has a cross
or a crucifix, etched or otherwise, permanent or temporary. No prayer
room has a vestry. There is neither tabernacle nor aumbry.
A Muslim murder spree of
airport passengers would be ignited were consecrated wine stored in a
cubby.
Jews are shut out of the
prayer rooms as well. No prayer room has a mezuzah. No prayer room
has a lectern for resting a siddur, and no prayer room has an ark. There
is no mizrach (indicator of the direction to face for prayers).
Buddhists are shut out
of the prayer rooms. No prayer room has a niche wherein a statue of the
Buddha can be placed for veneration. No prayer room has
shelving whereon offerings of incense sticks, candles, fruit, and flowers
can be displayed.
I wrote to the Hong Kong
Airport Authority to call attention to the “non-denominational” imbalance
in favor of Mohammedism.
The reply letter
extolled the multiculturalism of Hong Kong. Included with the letter was
a promotional flyer. It had photographs of the façades of three or four
churches and temples and some words about each of them and a
commendation of the friendly relations, in Hong Kong, among all religions.
Contra: Day and night,
numerous guards are present in the courtyard of the Kowloon Mosque in Hong
Kong. The guards keep tight control of entry into the mosque. Try,
just try, gentle reader, to show up at the mosque, to declare yourself a
non-believer, and to gain entry into the mosque by virtue of the friendly
universality of the transnational and multicultural brotherhood of all men of
all faiths.
There are mosque-like
prayer rooms in six American airports. In the seventh American airport,
there is more than a prayer room. Kennedy
Airport in New York City has a mosque.
The Time article
has a photograph of the interior of the Kennedy Airport mosque. The
photograph shows men at prayer. Only men.
The imam of the mosque
was quoted. “It’s the only mosque of its kind in the country. It’s its
own mosque, not just a room, which is what most airport mosques are. We
are our own place, we have our own services, we are our own community within
the chapels here. It’s very different from anything in America.”
Very different, but not
for long. Within a decade, mosques will be standard facilities in all
major American airports. The portent
is Denver Airport.
A description of its two prayer rooms: “One room is for Muslims and the
other for Christians and Jews.” Muslims will be favored with a large space. Everyone else
will be squeezed indiscriminately into a small space.
Stephen Kruger is a lawyer in Hong Kong. Email
him on kruger753rr@yahoo.com.
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