Mosquesitting with Friends

Subject: RE: Mosquesitting with Friends
From: InOBU
Date: 08 Oct 01 - 06:59 PM

None needed, check the other post, I had figured it out already! Cheers, and all the best, Larry

Subject: RE: Mosquesitting with Friends
From: Haruo
Date: 08 Oct 01 - 05:04 PM

My apologies. No, I didn't feel you were engaging in thread drift (and even if I had, I'm not a stickler for such things). What happened is that I composed my second piece while you were posting yours, and it was a long time before I even saw that you had posted there. And then it was like 2am and I just couldn't stay. And sadly, I am now just 4 minutes from the end of my online time for today. So apologies, and bonne nuit...

Liland

Subject: RE: Mosquesitting with Friends
From: InOBU
Date: 08 Oct 01 - 08:05 AM

My dear Liland... from your responce, I believe you feel mine was thread drift... I am flumoxed. As you are likely aware in your post you end by asking about music in Friends (Quaker) worship, and then about Mosquesitting. I told you about sitting in front of Islamic businesses. Our Mosques in NYC are presently guarded by police, so I figured it was not a great deal of drift to say we are filling in the gaps.
All the best Larry

Subject: RE: Mosquesitting with Friends
From: Haruo
Date: 08 Oct 01 - 03:05 AM

I reposted this is This Thread and invite feedback there. Unless you want to respond to the Mosquesitting end of the affair.

Liland

Subject: RE: Mosquesitting with Friends
From: InOBU
Date: 08 Oct 01 - 03:04 AM

Here in New York, we Friends have ArtQuake, which presents art and music yearly as a medium for worship. On the other subject, I have been spending a lot of time, with one of my most right wing friends, siting in front of a local Syrian restaurant having mint tea and showing the support of non-mosleum nighbors. Though, often Kim and I spend much of the time arguing over the need and wisdom of military responce (need I say we Quakers are not for it???) we are completely on the same wave length in our belief that it is imperitive to show our support for Islamic neighbors.
All the best,
Please convey the greetings of the 15th Street meeting to our Seatle Friends and friends sitting for peace in Seatle
Larry

Subject: Mosquesitting with Friends
From: Haruo
Date: 08 Oct 01 - 02:49 AM

I spent the day (1-6 pm) standing around (and, towards the end, sitting around) in front of the Idriss Mosque in Seattle's Northgate neighborhood. About every third car that drove by honked or waved in support; I think we actually have grown up a bit since Pearl Harbor, or even since the Iran hostages. Encouraging. No signs of any hostility towards the mosque (though I saw a few cases of road rage directed at other drivers).

Since they don't seem to sing in worship, I don't think I'd make much of a Muslim. One of my fellow mosquesitters was a Quaker woman, and I mentioned to her that I probably wouldn't make much of a Friend, either, for the same reason, and she surprised me by telling me that twice a month they gather for "Worship in Music" prior to the meeting. I'll have to check it out.

So I guess this thread is to collect anecdotal evidence on both Islamic and Quaker music in worship. As well as encomiums for us non-anti-Islamic Americans. FWIW. Anybody?

Liland