Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Wrong Language

Six Muslim leaders were forced off a plane because they were praying in Arabic. How dare they?

For the uninformed, Muslims are required to pray five times every day. And the prayers must be recited in Arabic, no matter what the native language.

When my grandmother was a girl her family spoke almost exclusively in German. Until World War I when speaking German became suspect. She reverted to speaking Englsh and completely lost her German.

Will we learn from history, or will we repeat it? Why is speaking Arabic becoming anathema?

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