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By Maya RhodanJanuary 15, 2015 1:34 PM ESTMembers of Duke Universityrsquo Muslim Students Association will begin chanting a weekly call-to-prayer from the bell tower of the schoolrsquo chapel this Friday, in what one religious expert called a first-of-its-kind development.The chant, known as the adhan, will be moderately amplified
stanley cup from the chapel to alert the community of the weekly Friday prayer service. The Muslim chaplain at
stanley cup Duke Imam Adeel Zeb said in a statement that the call-to-prayer 8220 erves as a reminder to serve our brothers and sisters in humanity.The adhan is the call to prayer that brings Muslims back to their purpose in life, Zeb said.Christy Lohr Sapp, the associate dean of religious life at Dukersquo chapel, said the broadcasting of the chant represents a larger commitment to religious pluralism that is at the heart of Dukersquo mission.Our goal in Religious Life is to create a place where religious expression is valued and supported and to foster the spiritual development of the various communities on campus, Sapp said in an email.In Muslim communities across the globe, the adhan is broadcast up to five times a daymdash;once for each of the five daily prayers. On Friday afternoons, Muslims gather for the congregational Jummah prayer. Princeton University Imam Muslim Life Program Coordinator Sohaib Sultan called Dukersquo announcement is a wonderful
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JGI/Jamie Grillmdash;Getty Images/Blend ImagesBy Katy SteinmetzAugust 26, 2015 2:00 PM EDTJeb Bush recent references to anchor babiesmdash;meaning certain children of undocumented immigrants, who are granted American citizenship by virtue of having been born within the nation bordersmdash;have landed the 2016 candidate in hot water, even after his attempt this week to clarify that was referring to isolated cases of Chinese birth tourism rather than to Hispanic immigrants. The outraged response was sw
asics ift. No matter which ethnic group yoursquo;re referring to, lsquo;anchor babiesrsq
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adidas originals in a press release.Crucial to Bush defense of the term is the idea that it simply what you call the phenomenon he talking about. You give me a better term and Irsquo;ll use it, Irsquo;m serious, he told reporters. But, in fact, the phrase is a relatively recent coinage and, though it might seem cutesymdash;the type of thing that Stephen Colbert can use to make puns about children who steal microphones from newscasters on live TVmdash;its history is anything but.Many people trace the idea origins to the 1980s, when the term anchor people or anchor children was used as an epithet for Vietnamese youth whose families sent them to the U.S., with the hope that they could make money and