Islamic votes in Jordan, Mormania

New mosque being built in Jordan, Utah got some visitors

 

When we showed up with signs highlighting Islam as being a cult November 15, 2019 it did not take long to get the attention of the locals here in the rat race of Salt Lake valley.

The project is located on a very busy four lane road.  After about an hour we were confronted by a guy claiming to be the general contractor as we were putting our signs back in our car.  The contractor, who did not give his name, wanted to know if we had a permit to protest.  So he started out pushing a lie and it went down hill from there.   He claimed this project has already been a security nightmare and our signs were only going to make things worse.  He tried to convince us that this was not the Islam that everyone hears about in the news, this is an American mosque where the woman were on the same level as men, blah, blah, blah.  Whenever we tried to talk he would interrupt us claiming we were not listening to him.  He was not a bit interested in the history of  Islam or about the message of the Quran.  He said that his father was an ex-Mormon and he had been raised as a Christian.  So, now he is building Utah's larges Muslim mosque.  How does this work that a supposed Christian builds a mosque for one of history's worst enemies?  A bit like inviting in the Devil to keep the heating bill down.  These are the kind of people who built projects for the Nazis.  What is next, camps to house us infidels while we wait for our turn for the gas ovens?  It all creates jobs.  What could possibly go wrong?

For the record, we have first amendment rights in America 

so we are not a bit intimidated by people

 threatening us with lies about permits. 

Threats from Islam however we take very seriously

2020 becomes a voting center

Imam Shuaib Din from Dewsbury, England got his education in  Islamic studies  at the Dar ul Uloom in Pakistan.  He has some history in Salt Lake dating back before he was pressured out of another mosque in the valley.  In 2007 the Salt Lake Tribune reported that he was served a protection order related to marital problems and Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake asked him to leave.  He apparently went to Chicago for a time but now he is back at this new female friendly mosque in Jordan.

Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake

Twin Falls Masjid Qibla

The soft spoken assistant Imam, Ibrihim, at the Twin Falls, Idaho Masjid (Mosque) had issue with my infidel hat.  So I explained that I believed in God but did not need Muhammad.  He gave us a tour inside.  About 120 members he said and all are immigrants.  He is from Russia but others are mostly from Bosnia, Jordan and a few Somalis.  He tried to tell me the old "the bible has been changed" story and claimed the LDS folks agreed with him.  We talked Dead Sea Scrolls and manuscripts a bit but he knew very little.  I told him the bible is reliable and left him with a gospel of John and three videos.  He knew nothing about Joseph Smith the Mormon prophet so our videos should be an eye-opener for him.  Ibrihim said much of the funding for the Mosque has come from other American mosques.  The locals drive truck and a variety of other jobs.  He claimed that the Chobani yogurt company plays no part in their support.

Notice the Qibla direction as designated by the carpet facing the corner of the room.  Muslims must face Mecca when praying therefore in this case the mosque is on a small piece of property that did not allow for the building to be built with a qibla wall facing the proper direction therefore the carpet was installed to accommodate the direction of prayer.

There has been an ongoing debate over this issue because mosques built around the world have not always agreed as to where Mecca is.  Early mosques built faced in the general direction of Jerusalem or more specifically Petra, whereas later mosques faced the sacred black rock which is housed in the Ka'aba in Mecca of Saudi Arabia.  Mosques built later in Spain and north Africa simply faced south slightly east but not in the direction of Mecca. This pattern also applies to the graves of Muslims because they are traditionally buried lying on their right side facing Mecca or in line with the local qibla.

Muhammad's birthday

Mawlid an-Nabi

(Muhammad's birthday)

The date of Muhammad's birth is uncertain however many years after his death, following the tradition of celebrating the birth of Christ, Muslims dreamed up a date which has come to be a recognized date for many, but not all.  The Wahhadi sect from Saudi Arabia forbids such celebrations.  In 2019 it is celebrated starting the evening of the November 9th through the 10th.  Turkey has made the event a national holiday following Ottoman tradition.  It is a common festival among Sufi Muslims as well.