If you’re surprised, maybe you’ve been asleep for the last 20 years.
“New York mosque still open for daily prayers while churches across the country face mandatory shutdowns,” by Paul Shiver, The Blaze, April 20, 2020:
A mosque in New York is reportedly still open for daily prayers amid the coronavirus pandemic that has forced Christian churches across the country to close their doors and cancel their in-person gatherings.
While churchgoers in many states have been criticized and even punished for continuing to gather, that same level of scrutiny has apparently not been leveled at the Mosque of Jesus, Son of Mary in Syracuse, New York.
What are the details?
Despite the state’s executive order, which broadly bans all “non-essential gatherings of individuals of any size for any reason,” neighborhood Muslims are still allowed gather together in the mosque’s prayer room for calls to prayer throughout the week.
“About 10 worshippers in masks are allowed in at a time, though rarely do that many show up. They stand far apart from each other as they follow a prayer leader standing on a plastic-covered prayer rug,” a Syracuse.com report notes. (Though in a video of one of the prayers, it appears that the worshippers are not at least 6 feet away, as the Centers for Disease Control recommends).
While it should be noted that the mosque has gone to great lengths to limit attendees’ exposure to the virus by covering the prayer room in plastic and installing a special ventilation system, it is unclear as to how that exempts the mosque from the government mandate.
Yet instead of facing criticism for continuing to gather, the mosque was commended by the news outlet for its efforts to “keep the faith” during the pandemic, especially as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches….
Over the past few weeks, churchgoers in many states have been prohibited from gathering and, in many cases, have been punished for doing so despite government orders.
In Mississippi, some churchgoers received $500 fines for sitting in their vehicles in a church parking lot listening to a radio broadcast of the service. In Kentucky, nails were allegedly scattered at the parking lot entrances to prevent people from attending the Easter service. A northern California county even outlawed singing during church livestreams unless people are in a home.
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened to “permanently” shut down churches and synagogues if they refused to comply with the government’s shelter-in-place order….
John Adams says
Hypocrites! Just proves it has nothing to do with “public safety”
mortimer says
The New York authorities are afraid of angering the jihadists for then they will become targets of them and they will have to increase their security in their homes and offices.
So there is a double standard for lawless Muslims … the fanatical Muslims most likely to conduct jihad-terrorism.
In actual fact, these quarantine-breakers are SUPERSPEADERS.
Someone should conduct a survey of the number of Muslims who are infected compared with other communities in the US.
Lydia Church says
And we’re NOT going to close our churches!
We’re NOT going to close our doors for any Christian activities!
I’ve been going to a church during the lockdown anyway!
And I will definitely keep on singing, praising, and worshiping God as I keep the one true faith!
The true church is unstoppable, and even the gates of hell cannot prevail against it according to Jesus! God CAN heal if He so chooses, several have been already from this virus.
There are some good videos out by the convert to Christianity from islam:
Truth in Love Ministries in Spokane WA,
prophecy and other videos by Shahram Hadian
about this and other issues!!!
gravenimage says
Lydia, you have never said how you think spreading this disease to vulnerable people is in the spirit of Christianity.
P. J. Cammann says
Vulnerable people shouldn’t attend services……….but it is a personal choice. The recovery rate from this is over 98.5%. You have a better chance of being hit by a car on your way to services. Never in modern history have we quarantined healthy people. The sick and susceptible are to be separated from the herd.
Roger Woodhouse says
By allowing mosques to remain open in defiance of ‘our ‘laws means accepting that Sharia law takes preference over our written constitution.Most muslims believe that anyway.
LR says
Yep. That’s the bottom line Roger. Unfortunately, I am not sure how many ‘regular’ citizens actually care about the Constitution anymore.
Simo Hayha says
“New York mosque still open for daily prayers while churches across the country face mandatory shutdowns,”
Well, gee whiz, MAKING mosques shut down would be islamophobic! After ALL, THEY ARE The Chosen ones, vastly superior in every way to the Christian rabble of the world. They have THE RIGHT to pray WHEREVER they choose, besides, their koran will absolutely, positively prevent ANY kuffar disease from making muslims sick! (Sarc, natch!)
Nadine says
Why is this allowed while all our small businesses are closed.
wpm says
The progressive idiots like de Blasio will not touch this, Islam is a” protected species “in his book.My church in NYC has been shut down for over a month with no friction from church leaders or members. When is Islam every a team player in society when it comes to common law and common sense?? .
James Lincoln says
wpm,
The only team that islam supports is a team of fellow muslims – within the same branch of islam – with the the same level of devoutness.
Always, always…
Wellington says
Most certainly, James.
Islam has an innumerable number of faults. One of them is a thinly disguised theological narcissism, as you noted.
And I would ask this: If man is not an idiot, speaking in the aggregate, then how does one explain the long life of Islam? I will reflect upon this query while eating BBQ ribs (North Carolina style) and consuming a Yuengling Lager.
Best to you and yours, James, and I will end here on an extra up-beat note by hoping that several Iranian ships are blown to pieces due to Trump’s more recent directive. Now for those ribs and beer, which stupid Islam (excuse the redundancy) would deny me if only it could.
PRCS says
How?
Fear of eternity in Hell. And the sword, if that isn’t enough.
DHazard says
People wanting to get back to some semblance of their previous lives shouldn’t be ridiculed and shamed for venting. And government intrusion on personal freedoms, especially fundamental ones like traveling, should always be questioned, especially at times when people are more willing to hand their freedoms over to the common good. But this particular fight is making the lives of doctors and nurses life threatening, exhausting, and emotionally draining. So, if you win the right to return to work “early” and you hurt your back, don’t be whining about how long it’s taking to get into physical therapy. And you won’t be getting any painkillers either.
Just be thankful that you live in a Western democracy where no single moron could ever take down the whole country with scientifically illiterate laws.
G Whitt says
D Hazard you go ahead and give up your freedom over a bullshit scare tactic and I’ll keep mine. While you’re at home afraid educate yourself on the difference between illiterate and ignorant. Judging from your comment you’re likely both.
gravenimage says
How is not wanting to spread this disease ignorant and illiterate?
YYCAlberta says
“The Mosque of Jesus, Son of Mary”?
I know Muslims agree that Jesus was an earlier prophet BUT NOT the Son of God, why do you suppose they would name a mosque after Him?
Michael Copeland says
It used to be a Catholic Church.
FYI says
But of course muslims never get Irony.
The ‘holy’ buttmen of islam don’t even know who they “pray” to.
They “pray” to an ARAB god al Lah who calls himself the greatest of all deceivers{koran 3:54} whose greatest enemy is a MAN{…yes,allah’s enemy is a MAN..} called MALIK AL AMLAK{“the King of kings”Sahih Muslim vol 5 hadith #5611}and whose self-appointed “prophet” muhammed was a self-confessed liar{al tabari 6:111}
Hmm.”The King of Kings”:now who could that be?
Only one MAN happens to have that particular name:Revs 19:16
Why does this allah hate this MAN so much?
And while muslims think it a great triumph when they take over Christian Churches…and they really don’t get this…when they die it is this very same MALIK AL AMLAK that will judge their fraudulently pious islamic souls.Their islamic “prayers” to their god al lah are worthless anyway as they are directed at a false god{although they don’t realize that}:the god of islam who MISSED the Golden Rule,the 2nd Chief commandment,the Holy Spirit..
And the One who judges muslims:He is ……JEWISH
{John 4 v 22}
GreekEmpress says
They covered everything with plastic?
Didn’t I read somewhere the virus can live on plastic for up to three days?
What are they going to disinfect with? Camel urine?
I don’t understand the logic—oh wait, there is none.
somehistory says
I read that about “living” on different surfaces for hours and days, depending on the kind of surface and on the ones conducting the “study.”
Plastic won’t keep them from sharing the virus. If one group meets and calls down their evil on Christians and Jews at dawn, a few hours later when the next group comes in to call down evil on Christians and Jews, they can “share” the germs, microbes and filth left by the previous group…all throughout the day and week.
They don’t “believe” in using alcohol, but they do believe in plastic…even the card kind that finances so much of their jihad.
Emma says
very funny! LOL
Rachel Sheve says
They made it into a negative pressure room. This is what they do in isolation wards. That mosque is probably 1000x times safer than the new york subway or airport.
sidney penny says
“In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened to “permanently” shut down churches and synagogues if they refused to comply with the government’s shelter-in-place order….”
but not mosques!
Scheherazade Smith says
This is among the best news I’ve read since the pandemic started.
Absolutely brill. I wait to see what develops.
gravenimage says
How is de Blasio allowing Muslim supremacy and Muslims flouting Infidel laws a good thing?
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, Jesus was the son of Mary but do Muslims ever mention Joseph as being the foster father of Jesus? Isn’t it interesting that Muhammad completely ignored the role played by Joseph in the lives of Jesus and Mary? Compare Muhammad’s attitude towards his adopted son (and numerous wives) with that of St. Joseph towards Jesus and Mary. Joseph could have denounced Mary and had her stoned to death for being pregnant with Jesus yet he went forward with his marriage to her and he raised Jesus as his own son. Compare Joseph’s regard for his wife and son with the way Muhammad treated his numerous wives (and female slaves) and his own adopted son. Think about it. Muhammad rejected adoption in order to take for himself the wife of his adopted son while he (Muhammad) already had numerous other wives. But still Muslims say Muhammad was the “perfect example” for mankind and they follow his instructions regarding prayer. What a sick joke Islam is and what an obviously false prophet Muhammad was.
gravenimage says
Yes–compare and contrast.
Gork says
Mayor de Blasio could find himself on the wrong end of a Constitutional violation of the first amendment. This is essentially government favoritism directed toward one religion or political movement, depending on how you interpret Islam.
But I suspect he knows very little of the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. Leftists rarely do.
PRCS says
Pretty sure he ran all this with his lawyers beforehand.
somehistory says
Now that it has been proven that moslims are getting special treatment not afforded to Christians and Jews, the stage is set…if any one wishes..to file suit against this blasio creep for his choosing a religion to merit special favor and “establishment.” He is not in the Federal government that is mainly addressed by the Constitution, but the Courts have ruled on State’s and religion before.
And it’s downright disgusting that they put the name of our Lord and Savior on their filthy barracks where they worship satan so openly and freely; and where they call down evil on Christians and Jews…”brothers” of Christ. They should have been made to change the name.
Jayell says
Failing to comply with a local official directive in a time of national emergency? That can only reflect an arrogant disregard for authority, a concern for oneself only and a total lack of respect and concern for the well-being of others – which is what islam has been about since Day One, following the example of their deranged criminal ‘prophet’. What else should people expect from muslims?
Thomas F Mills says
islam is fascism not a religion.
YYCAlberta says
Islam is a CULT not a religion.
Muslims need to learn the TRUTH of this ideology. The Truth will set them, and us, free.
PRCS says
It is a theocracy.
Theocracy is incompatible with and antithetical to democracy.
gravenimage says
Islam is a religion–it is an *evil* religion.
OLD GUY says
Well of course muslims never follow laws or rules of the infidels, that’s against their ideology/religion. And of course you have to understand that we should allow this to happen as these people are smart enough to drink camel piss to cure C-19. Not only that muslims lead the world in RAPE, HONOR KILLINGS, CHILD MARRIAGES and TERRORISM, so how could you question their leadership and intelligence.
Brian-Kevin Beck says
But Islam brings peace to the world at last, and prayers are a key part (tho can pray anywhere if necessary?), and incrementalism is a key method to smoothly offer the faith to the non-believers who need saving. All this shows Islam’s power-for-good as well as of course kafirs easily adapting to the change…
…..scrub the above. What says it all in lapidary poetic style is: “The Mayor closed all churches and synagogues.” What’s Wrong With This Statement?”
Bubba Butane says
Photo shows ass to mouth distance less than 6 feet.
gravenimage says
New York mosque still open for daily prayers while churches across the US face mandatory shutdowns
…………………
Why is this being allowed?
LR says
Whether wimpy DiBlase went through this with his lawyers, or not, I would think other religious groups have a case.