Religious Community Feedback
Public Comment
“ There is an American nationalistic Christian thing that ’ s on a lot of believers right now and it ’ s not healthy . It ’ s not a part of the Kingdom of God . At least , it ’ s not supposed to be a part of the Kingdom of God . But we ’ ve got people that would rather identify more as one side of the island than they would a disciple of Jesus . It ’ s more important , who they vote for than who they pray to .”
“ We could light a Menorah , and there are so many opportunities for the Muslim holidays . I would love to see the City take a leadership role and in that . It could be great .”
“ The one thing I would mention is the experience we ’ ve had with the schools . The school ’ s general calendar doesn ’ t even mention Yom Kippur or Rosh Hashanah , and there have been instances where City Council meetings are open to the public on those significant holidays . I ’ d like the government to be more sensitive to this when they schedule anything for the public .”
“ The City should have representation to the Muslim community and assign somebody to communicate with us on a regular basis . We can relate our concerns to them in a monthly or weekly basis . I don ’ t know where to start , but this would be ideal .”
“ We can talk more about training of City officials on cultural and religious sensitivities , and we do have resources available at CAIR and Islamic Speakers Bureau for regular meetings with our community .”
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