Layers of Meaning
When we were out on our balcony eating dinner a few nights ago, the call to prayer from our three neighborhood mosques started blaring. Nothing unusual – we’ve heard it five times a day for almost two years now.
- CHICKPEA: I don’t like that noise. Can you turn it off?
- ME: I wish I could.
- CHICKPEA: I can. I can just go over there and fix it so that it won’t make that noise anymore.
- KABOB: Sounds good to me. Well, that’s what we’re hoping.
posted: 08 September 1
under: culture
kolby sometimes says, “are they sick or somebing (something)?!” thankfully we don’t live by THREE of them!!! that is RIDICULOUS!! how do you survive???
I am not sure what to think of this post . . . Having lived in the middke east for a number of years myself, I know that others’ calls to prayer can be rather “noisy” from my perspective. Nonetheless, being a guest in a Moslem country, I respect their religion and religious traditions. I do hope that you teach your children the same. Of course, if you have a certain “Colonial” mentality, that some missionaries have (i.e. “people of X country are just not as “civilized” as us Christians, etc.), you will likely not teach your children the requisite respect, tolerance, and appreciation of others’ cultures.
to REASA @ 4:50: If you are currently living in a Moslem country, why don’t you pack your bags and go home? Why is other people’s call to religion “Ridiculous” to you ( I am quoting your post). And if you are currently living in the U.S., well . . . be pleased that you will never have to deal with cultures other than your own!! (In which case, I don’t envy you.)
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Thank you.